Word: filibusterer
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The most dramatic-and in many ways disturbing-event of the week occurred on the floor of the Senate, as the leadership moved to choke off a filibuster that was delaying Carter's whole energy package. At issue was the emotional question of whether federal controls should be lifted...
...violin," said the leader, who plays one himself. "The sound will change with the weather, the dampness, the humidity. The Senate is a place of great moods. It can shift quickly, very quickly." And dramatically. The last time the Senate was kept awake all night by an obstinate filibusterer was in 1964, when Robert Byrd talked for 14 hours straight in an unsuccessful attempt to block passage of a civil rights bill...
*The allusion was intentional: the word filibuster comes from the Spanish filibustero, meaning pirate.
The members of the committee, weary from the energy bill filibuster, and knowing that the crucial treaty votes will not come until early next year, attended only sporadically. Nonetheless, in this surprisingly subdued setting, the nation's highest ranking military officers last week voiced the Carter Administration's...
The Senate could wisely take several other steps to improve the energy program that sailed through the House almost intact. One would be to phase out controls on natural gas, leaving prices to find their own level in a free market. The present controlled price of $1.47 per 1,000...