Word: filibusterer
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The students in the audience were quite devoid of the somewhat pompous air which characterized the YAF leaders. Casually, almost sloppily dressed, they sat and smoked and listened fairly attentively, not suppressing a number of groans when YAF President Robert M. Schuchman turned his introduction of Goldwater into a filibuster...
Each facet of the presidential responsibility was explored in detail. After the Senate vote last week upheld the present filibuster rule, the liberal New York Post not only threw up its hands in horror-"Is there still no semblance of honor among party leaders in their dealings with those who...
Kennedy cannot look to Congress for the impetus: the House Committees are clogged by Southerners, and the amazing number of Senators who are against the filibuster but vote for it seem to have made certain that majority rule will not be allowed very much sway during the next few years...
Sun., Jan. 15 Issues and Answers (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Senator Barry Goldwater faces network newsmen on the second of three sessions concentrating on the filibuster.
Armed with the Nixon opinion, the Senate liberals rounded up their slim majority and prepared to choke off debate on the filibuster battle this week. Hopefully, the perennial battle of Rule 22 then would be fought to a settlement once and for all.