What is the filibuster, explained in simple terms : NPR
网页2022年1月17日 · The filibuster was once a rarely used tool for holding up Senate business. Now, it's a regular (still powerful) feature; some Democrats want it changed. Here are answers to your filibuster...
About Filibusters and Cloture - U.S. Senate
网页About Filibusters and Cloture. The Senate tradition of unlimited debate has allowed for the use of the filibuster, a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.
About Filibusters and Cloture | Historical Overview - U.S. Senate
网页Derived from a Dutch word for “freebooter” and the Spanish “filibusteros”—to describe the pirates then raiding Caribbean islands—the term began appearing in American legislative debates in the 1850s.
The Filibuster Explained - Brennan Center for Justice
网页2021年4月26日 · Filibusters blocked measures such as anti-lynching bills proposed in 1922 and 1935; the Civil Rights Act of 1957; and legislation that would have prohibited poll taxes and outlawed discrimination in employment, housing, and voting. How has the filibuster changed over time?
Filibuster - Wikipedia
网页The modern English form "filibuster" was borrowed in the early 1850s from the Spanish filibustero (lawless plunderer). The term was applied to private military adventurers like William Walker who were then attacking and pillaging Spanish colonies in …
Filibuster | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica
网页2024年9月11日 · filibuster, in legislative practice, the parliamentary tactic used in the United States Senate by a minority of the senators—sometimes even a single senator—to delay or prevent parliamentary action by talking so long that the majority either grants concessions or withdraws the bill.
Filibuster - HISTORY
网页2017年9月12日 · Print Page. A filibuster is a political strategy in which a senator speaks—or threatens to speak—for hours on end to delay efforts to vote for a bill. The unusual tactic takes advantage of a U ...
The history of the filibuster—and how it came to exasperate the …
网页2021年2月2日 · The concept of making marathon speeches to block legislation has been around since ancient Rome. But U.S. lawmakers have made this tactic notorious—and created a new form of "stealth" filibusters.
Filibuster, explained: What it is and how does it work in Congress?
网页2021年3月20日 · President Bill Clinton's health care package was stalled by filibusters, frustrating the White House so much it debated ending the rule.
Senate Filibuster: What It Is and How to Eliminate It - Brookings
网页Absent a large, bipartisan Senate majority that favors curtailing the right to debate, a formal change in Rule 22 is extremely unlikely. A more complicated, but more likely, way to ban the ...