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A tactic used by a legislative representative to hinder and delay consideration of and action to be taken on a proposed bill through prolonged, irrelevant, and procrastinating speeches on the floor of the House, Senate, or other legislative body. A filibuster is stopped by cloture, a legislative procedure that enables a vote to be taken on the proposed measure. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Still, the bill has been stuck in the Senate over the past several days as Democrats filibustered the spending proposal over an attached provision allowing oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It took less time for America to defeat both Germany and Japan in World War II than it's taken to have one simple up-or-down vote on the current crop of filibustered nominees. Bush was filibustered by the Democrats, so that he serves only by virtue of a recess appointment that runs out next year. |
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