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Word: filibusterã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2005-2005
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...protest filibuster?? staged by the College Dems is a creative and kind of funny protest, but the Republican Club strongly disagrees with the position of the Dems on stalling and obstructionist tactics in the Senate,” Zepeda wrote...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Dems Filibuster “Nuclear Option” | 5/11/2005 | See Source »

...strong arm their agenda through. To fill openings in the federal courts, the President has appointed a number of ideo-conservative nominees, most of whom are committed to overturning Roe v. Wade and to other conservative objectives. Congressional Democrats, as the minority party, plan to use their right to filibuster??prolonging debate indefinitely to block the nominations—a right that has been enjoyed for more than a hundred years. Republicans are threatening to remove this right...

Author: By Matthew A. Busch, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Perversion | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

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