Word: filibusterer
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President-elect Bill Clinton extended Democratic coattails into the Senate, but not the House. The Democrats stood to gain three seats in the Senate, giving their party a filibuster-proof majority of 60. In the House, however, Republicans took 23 more seats.
"It's a continuation of trying to find apolitically correct way to avoid the issue. It wasjust a filibuster to not have to say homosexual,"she said.
The Johnston-Wallop energy bill in the Senate downplayed conservation, boosted nuclear power and called for oil exploration in Alaska's pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was this last provision that sparked the threat of a filibuster, forcing the bill's sponsors to bail out.
Thurmond raised the possibility of a Republican filibuster to stop passage in the Senate before Congress adjourns this week.
WHICH brings us back to Huey Long. If Huey Long were here, he wouldn't worry about what people thought of his ambitions. He'd look at the pathetic circus of budget negotiations and he would express the frustration of the American people. He would filibuster on the Senate floor...