filibuster
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The legislation still faces a full Senate vote and requires seven Democratic votes to avoid a filibuster.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The talking filibuster doesn’t provide a way around this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most romanticized, version of a filibuster took place in the film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
While this was not technically a filibuster because Booker was not protesting a specific piece of legislation, he did break a record for holding the longest continuous speech on the Senate floor.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2025
There was even a type of speech called the filibuster, whose sole purpose was to waste time.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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