filibuster in A Sentence

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    I want him for my next Filibuster.

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    Then we offer you a wonderful word- Filibuster.

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    You are saying that I didn't Filibuster?

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    That man knows how to Filibuster.

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    What is Filibuster What does the word Filibuster mean?

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    Sadly, this valid use of the Filibuster is a rarity in today's Senate.

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    For just the second time in history, a Filibuster on a civil-rights issue is defeated on a bitterly divided vote.

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    However, legislation and nominations to the Supreme Court would still need 60 votes to invoke cloture, end debate and kill a Filibuster.

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    The first known Filibuster in world history was performed by the Roman senator Cato the Younger, who frequently used this tactic to thwart various legislation.

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    It is important to remember that the Filibuster is not included in the Constitution, and there is no indication the framers intended it to be part of the Senate's rules.

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    In its modern incarnation, the Filibuster demands no personal and political sacrifice by an idealistic legislator who is willing to stand up for what he believes in(e.g., Mr. Smith Goes to Washington).

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    As noted by the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, Chuck Schumer, during hearings in 2010 on the Filibuster, 400 bills that had been passed by the House, dozens of presidential appointments and 41 judicial nominations never even made it to the Senate floor for a vote.

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    Slightly cooler heads prevailed, and rather than completely eviscerate the Filibuster, Senate Democrats(the majority) exercised a more limited nuclear option: with a vote of 52-48, now administrative appointments and judicial nominees to the district and circuit courts(but not the Supreme Court) could be confirmed with only a simple majority vote;

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