Word: filibusterer
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The record of the 103rd is still striking, not only by comparison with past Congresses but also with its own performance early on. Part of the reason is simply that for the first time in a dozen years, the same party controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress. No...
Why did it take so long? Whose interests are Republicans and renegade Democrats supporting when they oppose it? The answer seems clear: their own. If the NRA lined your pocket with much-needed campaign funds in a depressed economy before an election year, you too might echo John Breaux. Before...
Halperin is only the latest in a line of liberal Clinton nominees who have either been dumped outright or forced to sit on their hands while right-wing lawmakers fulminate and filibuster against their views. Roberta Achtenberg, Clinton's assistant secretary for fair housing, was kept from her job for...
The Brady gun-control bill passed the House by a vote of 238 to 189. A diluted version of the original bill, it requires a five-day wait and a mandatory background check for the purchase of a handgun. The Senate may vote on a similar measure this week after...
"I'm going to filibuster," Growney says. "I'm going to read the entire Cambridge phone book."