Word: filibusterer
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Inouye's vote in the rules fight most clearly demonstrates his independence. He voted with the conservatives, for a number of reasons, including the rather remote possibility that he might have to filibuster for the Sugar Act, but chiefly because he felt that it was unwise of the liberals to...
For nearly a month, the U.S. Senate has done nothing but filibuster about ending filibusters. Last week it came to an end-with an easily predictable result. On the key vote in the dispute about whether to amend the Senate's rules so as to make it easier to...
Another attempt to change Senate rules on cutting off debate has failed. Senator Anderson's proposal to reduce the majority needed to invoke cloture from two-thirds to three-fifths of those present and voting went down in the face of a predictable Southern filibuster which tied up all legislative...
Although his first speech in the Senate was a one-hour donation to a Southern filibuster-stirring memories of 1935 and Huey's 15½-hour symphony of constitutional law, back-home stories and recipes for fried oysters-Russell was soon engaged in what seemed to be a campaign...
While the filibuster droned on, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended the confirmation of two major Administration appointees: former Budget Director David Bell, to be administrator of the foreign aid program, and former Secretary of State Christian Herter, to be President Kennedy's special representative in foreign trade negotiations...