Word: filibusterer
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Gorbachev did not filibuster with the usual Kremlin excuse that human rights are an internal matter for the Soviet Union and not the business of the U.S. Rather, he discoursed at length about Soviet notions of individual freedom: freedom from hunger, freedom from unemployment, freedom to secure health care--freedoms...
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has made the most public outreach, appearing via video at an event in Louisville where religious leaders argued for approving Bush's judicial nominees, pushing the "nuclear option" to prevent Democrats from filibustering Bush's judicial nominees and speaking on the Senate floor about Terry...
TIME reported on the conflict in the U.S. Senate over abolishing the judicial filibuster [May 30]. The greatness of the U.S. lies in our elected leaders' tradition of deliberation and compromise. That is what separates us from extremist domination by dictators and terrorists. The rules of the Senate may seem...
Most of this is nonsense. The Gods of Wisdom are bored. They are suffering fight-deprivation syndrome. The big spring battle in the Senate over filibuster rules and judicial appointments was resolved through compromise; Social Security has been talked to death; and the insipid Democrats have refused to confront the...
Similarly, instead of selecting moderate, consensus choices for confirmation to Federal judgeships, Bush has focused on ridding courts of “activism from the bench” by appointing his own dogmatic picks. Recently confirmed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after a protracted fight over Democrats?...