Word: filibusterer
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He changed the nature of the Senate. He virtually ended the parliamentary stranglehold of the filibuster, regularly forbidding Senators to engage in all-night attempts to break them. When a Democratic committee chairman wanted to steer a bill through floor debate, Mansfield graciously surrendered his front-row desk to the...
New Rules. The spirit of reform also swept through the Senate, where liberal Democrats and Republicans curbed the filibuster. Under the new rules, the Senate can limit debate if 60 of its 100 members vote aye. In the past, two-thirds of all those present and voting had to assent...
Dilatory Tactic. Such tactics kept the issue in doubt for days; but the liberals patiently persisted. They got a boost from Rockefeller's ruling that each new Senate draws up its own rules and that until Rule 22 was readopted, only a simple majority was required to change past...
Willful Men. The compromise was supported by some previous opponents of any dilution of the filibuster, notably Democrat Russell Long. Such conservative Republicans as Roman Hruska and Robert Dole also turned around. They apparently felt that if they refused to compromise, the liberals might muster enough votes to gain a...
The new rule will make it easier for the Senate to vote on such issues as national health insurance and extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as well as resolve impasses over tax and energy proposals. Although the dispute could arise again in 1977, the precedent toward easier...