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Definitionn. a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he
Last update: November 24, 2016
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He always uses filibustering tactics to delay the work. [Please select]
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Bush also faces the prospect of a Democratic filibuster in the Senate to block his latest nomination to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito. [Please select]
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As an avowed expansionist, Pierce sympathized with the filibuster government set up in Nicaragua by William Walker, and finally accorded it recognition. [Please select]
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A filibuster at the end of the 65th Congress caused the Senate to adjourn without confirming the appointment, but the President made him a " recess " appointee. [Please select]
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In Shanghai, to the memory of the filibuster, there are to-day two temples in his honor. [Please select]
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And now this other filibuster has bought you, and you belong to him. [Please select]
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Yberville, the young French filibuster, had the honour to point out to M. [Please select]
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At the word "filibuster," the boys---figuratively speaking---pricked up their ears. [Please select]
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She has a constant fancy for the English filibuster. [Please select]
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Enthroned upon an empty cask sat the French filibuster to transact important business: the business of making himself safe with the Governor of Tortuga. [Please select]
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