Word: filibusterer
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Currently, Democrats claim that they have enough votes to keep a filibuster alive, and Republicans claim that they have enough votes to make the appointment once the Democrats yield the floor.
The appeals court nomination of a Law School alum left the U.S. Senate deadlocked last night, with Democrats continuing their three-day-old charge to stymy the appointment—an effort that is taking the shape of an old-fashioned filibuster.
Is the renomination of Charles Pickering for a federal appellate judgeship a clever feint by George Bush? That's what many Senate Democrats now think. Bush announced last week that he will send Pickering's name back to the Senate for an appeals-court seat in New Orleans. The conservative...
A majority leader's biggest job, however, is moving bills through the Senate. Frist is an expert on health-care issues, but he has little experience with the arcane rules and procedures the chamber uses to pass legislation. He didn't even vote until he was 36 and has been...
Times like these call for political courage from Democratic senators—we hope that somebody will have the courage to filibuster any and all new tax cuts.