Thesaurus / filibuster
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All it takes to eliminate the filibuster, and to unlock that agenda, is 51 votes.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXWhether, in other words, to eliminate the modern filibuster, and make governance possible again.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXThe filibuster for judges is long gone, and soon may disappear from legislative bills as well.
DONALD DOSSIER: SEIZING THE MOMENT TO FILL RBG’S SEATTRACY MORANSEPTEMBER 19, 2020OZYTo get any of that done, Democrats would need to first secure a majority in the Senate and then end the filibuster.
AMERICA NEEDS A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONMATTHEW YGLESIASSEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOXIn terms of the confirmation process, that was up to the Senate to determine and ultimately they decided to get rid of the filibuster in that context.
DOES THE PRESIDENT MATTER AS MUCH AS YOU THINK? (EP. 404)STEPHEN J. DUBNERFEBRUARY 6, 2020FREAKONOMICSIn September I see the bold filibuster flying from clump to clump of the pink heather pillaged by the Bee.
MORE HUNTING WASPSJ. HENRI FABREI framed it all up for this filibuster trip you're on, Scraggsy, only I never did hear that they'd picked on you.
CAPTAIN SCRAGGSPETER B. KYNEAfter some moments of silence he asked the captain, "Who is this man, this filibuster whom they term the Whirlwind?"
A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIESEUGNE SUESir Thomas Reade, the noisiest filibuster of them all, indicates his method of settling matters at Longwood.
THE TRAGEDY OF ST. HELENAWALTER RUNCIMANWith the exception of the buccaneer, the filibuster or the cannibal no one enters the private habitation of Blue Beard?
A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIESEUGNE SUEWORDS RELATED TO FILIBUSTER
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- bind
- check
- cooling-off period
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detainment
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- filibuster
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- get no place fast
- goof around
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- tail
- take one's time
- temporize
- tool
- trail
- visit
- wait
- warm a chair
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