Word: filibusterer
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For a few moments in the Senate filibuster last week, some oldtimers had the uneasy feeling that they ought to go out into the Capitol's Statuary Hall and see if the bronze statue of Huey Long was still on its pedestal. Before them in the well of the...
At week's end, it looked as if the Administration had made a mistake. Until then, Majority Leader Scott Lucas had had the assurance of considerable Republican support. In fact, he had hoped to have enough votes to apply cloture (limitation of debate), break the Southerners' filibuster, write...
Coming when they did, the President's remarks floored even loyal Administration leaders. As for the Republicans, many of them decided that in the light of what Harry Truman had said, they were ready at last to agree with the Southerners. The Southerners had been saying right along that...
As the filibuster droned on, effective without being exhausting, Administration leaders had two choices: to continue the fight which they now might very well lose, or give up the civil rights program and get on as best they could with the rest of Harry Truman's legislation.
Afternoons, the Senate dozed through the filibuster fight, but in the mornings, in the big committee rooms on Capitol Hill, Senators worked away at writing bills. There, too, men who disagreed widened their disagreements.