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filibustered

verb as in stonewall

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Watt was the first sitting member of Congress to be filibustered since before the Civil War.

Republicans filibustered two Obama nominees on Thursday in yet another abuse of political protocol.

But until the crisis, Republicans filibustered all Democratic calls for a budget conference, says Jamelle Bouie.

That helps explain why 62 percent of Texans supported S.B. 5, the bill that Wendy Davis filibustered.

If these picks are filibustered, he'll revisit the nuclear option that allows him to proceed to a vote with a simple majority.

He actually got these boys to think it could be filibustered into his possession.

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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to filibustered, such as: halt, hamper, hinder, interrupt, postpone, and put off.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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