Word: filibusterer
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And Hatfield's promise to filibuster the bill probably won't speed up the already slow process.
On the Senate floor today, Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) will probably introduce another in a long line of amendments he has written to filibuster President Carter's plan to register young men for the draft. If observers' predictions hold true, Hatfield's amendment will do little but delay...
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.), who will lead the floor fight against the proposal, has promised to filibuster the bill to death. Two-thirds of the senators must vote in favor of closing debate before they can vote on the plan.
The Oregon senator, who has promised to filibuster the proposal to death when it reaches the Senate floor, will introduce an amendment asking for women to be registered along with men, Rick Rolf, an aide to Hatfield, said last night.
May 12: Salt II treaty remains on the Senate floor as Southern senators filibuster. Sam Nunn of Georgia declares that his colleagues' latest demand was to exchange SALT II for the death of Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev. Meanwhile, facing growing criticism on the left, Kennedy announces that he will solve...