Word: filibusterer
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Waller: They'll probably vote in committee next week, and the vote will go to the Senate floor the week after that, at the earliest. Then, of course, there's always the possibility that Ted Kennedy will whip out the filibuster he's been threatening, but I'm not at...
For the past six years, campaign-finance crusades waged by McCain have been spectacular, neon failures. But last week he may have found the key to success. Senator Thad Cochran, the Mississippi conservative, joined McCain's crusade on Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of Republicans who support the reform...
For the past six years, campaign finance crusades waged by McCain have been spectacular, neon failures. But last week he may have found the key to success. Senator Thad Cochran, the Mississippi conservative, joined McCain's crusade on Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of Republicans who support the reform...
Unfortunately, despite these majorities in Congress, the bill still has not yet been presented for the president's signature. In the House, a Republican leadership under the sway of special interests such as gun owners and social conservatives--interests that fear their chokehold will be loosened if the McCain-Feingold...
Yet the coming days may offer a new opportunity for the bill's passage. The results of the past election have left the Senate split 50-50, and until Vice President-elect Dick Cheney takes office Jan. 20, the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Al Gore '69 means the...