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Senator Mike Gavel (D-Alaska) said yesterday that he will filibuster any bill to extend the draft past the present law's June 30 expiration date.

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Senators May Filibuster Draft Bill Despite Amendment Against War | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

Grayel's intention to filibuster may be complicated by the proposed attachment to any draft extension bill of a McGovern-Hatfield amendment. This announcement would prohibit the stationing of any U. S. troops in Southeast Asia after December, 1971.

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Senators May Filibuster Draft Bill Despite Amendment Against War | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

Mark Schneider, a Kennedy legislative aid, does not foresee a split among antiwar Senators over a draft bill amended to end the war. "I'm almost sure Gravel will make a statesmanlike decision if the McGovern-Hatfield amendment is passed and decide not to filibuster," Schneider said yesterday, "and if...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Senators May Filibuster Draft Bill Despite Amendment Against War | 5/11/1971 | See Source »

Born. To Strom Thurmond, 68, South Carolina's Republican Senator, and Nancy Moore Thurmond, 24, former Miss South Carolina (1966): their first child, a girl; in Greenwood, S.C. Name: Nancy Moore. Watching her perform noisily in her crib, Thurmond quipped: "I believe she's staging a filibuster."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 12, 1971 | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

By the time the major civil rights battles began in the Senate, Russell had so much stature-and was so well versed in parliamentary procedure-that he led the Southern forces. "Dick Russell and his Dixieland Band," 19 Senators joined in common cause, managed to delay and obfuscate until cloture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SENATE: Death Comes For the Bandleader | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

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