What Is A Filibuster?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The term "filibuster" is thrown around a lot these days in political discussion. With Senator Rand Paul concluding his 10.5-hour filibuster, we wanted...
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On Wednesday, May 20th, 2015, US Senator Rand Paul began a ten-hour speech on the Senatefloor, which many referred to as a “filibuster”. The long debate centered on the topic of NSAspying and was intended to delay the upcoming extension of the Patriot Act. But besidesgarnering media attention, filibusters seem like a waste of time. So what is a filibuster?Well, that’s exactly what they are: a waste of time. Basically, a filibuster is any proceduralaction that delays a vote in the Senate. The most well known examples of filibusters arewhen a senator, or group of senators, takes the Senate floor for a speech and does notyield it until three-fifths of the senate agree to end the filibuster. What this essentiallymeans is that instead of a bill passing by a simple majorit...
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On Wednesday, May 20th, 2015, US Senator Rand Paul began a ten-hour speech on the Senatefloor, which many referred to as a “filibuster”. The long debate centered on the topic of NSAspying and was intended to delay the upcoming extension of the Patriot Act. But besidesgarnering media attention, filibusters seem like a waste of time. So what is a filibuster?Well, that’s exactly what they are: a waste of time. Basically, a filibuster is any proceduralaction that delays a vote in the Senate. The most well known examples of filibusters arewhen a senator, or group of senators, takes the Senate floor for a speech and does notyield it until three-fifths of the senate agree to end the filibuster. What this essentiallymeans is that instead of a bill passing by a simple majorit...
