filibuster

The vote to end the filibuster was 57 to 42.

And the big problem with the Senate is the filibuster.

At least 6 of the 51 Republicans have said they will support a filibuster.

The real action in the filibuster yesterday was off the floor.

I could shut down the federal government with a filibuster, right?

They could not break a Republican filibuster against their bill and move to a final vote.

And then let the issue at hand - rather than a filibuster - come to a vote.

I will try to do both of those things without turning this into a filibuster.

The time taken up by the Republican filibuster against the crime bill is not a problem, however.

The vote was 62 to 37, or two more than necessary to break a Republican filibuster.

The effort today was again 7 votes short of the 60 needed to break the filibuster.

Last year, he led the filibuster that killed the bill in the Senate.

Originally, the filibuster was expected to last only a day or two.

Yes, she said, that is the number needed to overcome a filibuster.

They made their first filibuster expedition to Texas in 1819.

So here's my point: We're not in a filibuster now, and everybody knows it.

Even so, it was not until 1837 that the first real filibuster occurred.

Senate failed to break a Republican filibuster on similar bill.

Nor is there much theater to the filibuster any more.

A filibuster is expected from Republicans over the arms measures.

Neither example bears much relationship to the current use of the filibuster.

Republican leaders signal they will try to stop the bill with yet another filibuster.

Because of a filibuster led by Republicans, that bill has been set aside.

Yet a filibuster would be risky business, and Democrats know it.