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| | Filibuster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Filibusters do not occur in legislative bodies in which time for debate is strictly limited by procedural rules, such as the United States House of Representatives. | | | On April 4, tired and often sleepy government members inadvertently let one of the NDP amendments pass, and the handful of residents of Cafon Court in Etobicoke were granted the right to a public consultation on the bill (the government subsequently nullified this with an amendment of their own). | | | The filibuster extends from section L176B of the archive to L176AE; the Cafon Court slip-up is in section L176H, Stockwell rules on the issue of repetition in L176N, and Zorra Street is reached in L176S. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_(legislative_tactic)
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| | Filibuster |
| | The original use of the filibuster was employed by senators who believed that the passage of a bill would violate the constitution or was just not a well-written law. | | | Filibusters can only be used when a Unanimous Consent Agreement is not in place, meaning that all Senators have not agreed to limit debate. | | | But, the filibuster which permits a small minority and even one Senator to stop a piece of legislation, was not intended by the framers at all. |
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http://www.juntosociety.com/government/filibuster.htm
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| | ThisNation.com--What is a filibuster? |
| | Filibusters where frequently used to stop civil rights legislation from passing in the 1950s and 1960s. | | | Filibusters provide a minority of Senators a way to make their voices heard. | | | I have heard the practice of "talking a bill to death" in the Senate referred to as a filibuster. |
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http://www.thisnation.com/question/037.html
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| | The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town |
| | The other side contended that the filibuster is constitutional because the Constitution says that the Senate may make its own rules; because the filibuster is hallowed by long practice; and because nothing in the Constitution requires that every bill or nomination must be brought to a final vote. | | | One side contended that the filibuster is unconstitutional because the Constitution, by mandating supermajorities in some cases, implicitly forbids them in others; because the Constitution requires only fifty-one senators to be in the room to do normal business; and because requiring sixty votes makes nonsense of the Vice-President’s constitutional role as a Senate tie-breaker. | | | The idea behind the option, however it is styled, is that filibusters of judicial nominations would be declared unconstitutional, not by any court but on a point of order by the President of the Senate—one Dick Cheney. |
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http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/050613ta_talk_hertzberg
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| | GOP aims to bust up the filibuster rules - Politics - MSNBC.com |
| | The filibuster was again used in the 1950s and 1960s to impede civil rights legislation. | | | Democrats also note that a filibuster in 1968 forced President Johnson to withdraw his nomination of Abe Fortas for chief justice of the United States. | | | For example, reducing over time, from 60 to 51, the votes needed to cut off debate, or declaring that filibusters should not apply to judicial nominations. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6645591
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| | The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Filibuster precedent in '68, Democrats say |
| | Such claims, however, are at odds with the record of the successful 1968 GOP-led filibuster against President Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas to be chief justice of the United States. | | | It said, "A full-dress Republican-led filibuster broke out in the Senate yesterday against a motion to call up the nomination of Justice Abe Fortas for Chief Justice." | | | Frist sometimes speaks of the current judicial impasse in terms that take the Fortas case's complexities into account. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002213725_judges20.html
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| | FactCheck.org A Fictional View of the Filibuster |
| | Filibusters continued to block serious civil rights legislation right up until 1964, when the Senate was finally able to muster the two-thirds majority that was then required to end debate. | | | We of course take no position on whether the filibuster should or should not be preserved, or whether any or all of Bush's judicial nominees should or should not be confirmed. | | | But we're a two party system - and America works best when no one party has absolute power. |
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http://www.factcheck.org/article317.html
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| | The Shortest Path to Filibuster Web Sites |
| | option" claim to believe that abolishing the filibuster could be limited to judicial nominations... | | | Filibuster Cartoons version 3.0 - Design copyright 2003 Jaco Joubert - All original images... | | | Amending Rule XXII would effectively abolish the filibuster for judicial nominations... |
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http://www.shortestpath.us/easy/Filibuster
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| | TigerHawk |
| | At least under the old rules, it was an endurance test on BOTH sides, instead of only on the side that nominally has the votes to win the issue on the merits. | | | That is, they must have enough senators on the floor to maintain an quorom, or else the filibusterers (is that the term?) would get to shut up/sleep until the quorum is restored. | | | It’s only with regard to nomination confirmations that they consider it (now) to be out of bounds. |
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http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2005/05/filibustering-frist.html
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| | ProfessorBainbridge.com: More on The Filibuster Deal |
| | Proponents of the "nuclear option" claim to believe that abolishing the filibuster could be limited to judicial nominations. | | | A GOP-established legislative and institutional precedent for abolishing the filibuster as to judicial nominations would make it all that much easier for the Democrats to do the same as to nominations or legislation. | | | It's a slippery slope to abolishing the filibuster as to Presidential nominations or even legislation. |
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http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2005/05/more_on_the_fil.html
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| | Frist backs rule change on judges=The Hill.com= |
| | Democrats would be certain to object to such a ruling, but their objection could be overruled by a majority vote. | | | Instead, he could use the threat of drastic action to motivate Democrats to compromise on the contentious issue. | | | Rewriting the Senate rules has been an option long under consideration. |
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http://www.hillnews.com/news/072104/frist.aspx
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| | GOA -- Your Pressure Heating Up The "Nuclear Option" Filibuster Debate |
| | Whoever comes up with these positions doesn't seem to grasp that the elimination of the filibuster in the 'nuclear option' ONLY applies to appointing judges, not anything to do with legislation. | | | As you may remember, in the absence of the filibuster, should the Democrats ever gain control of the Senate, there would be nothing to stop: | | | Notice that we're no longer just talking about ending filibusters of JUDICIAL nominations. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1378947/posts
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| | Every god damned blue state senator who failed to sign on to the Alito filibuster MUST be fought in the primaries and replaced. | | | Senators planned to vote Monday on whether to shut down a filibuster attempt aimed at keeping the conservative judge off the nation's highest court. | | | The Democrats failed to make the case during hearings which proved only one thing beyond a reasonable doubt: their own boorishness. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=filibuster
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| | Sirotablog: The Filibuster's Untold Story |
| | FILIBUSTER PROTECTED WORKERS: In 1995, CongressDaily reported Senators "successfully filibustered the FY95 rescissions bill, which included language to overturn President Clinton's order that prohibited federal contractors from hiring permanent striker replacements." Clinton's order was considered an important way to preserve workers' rights. | | | NOTE: While I realize the GOP is now saying it only wants to eliminate the filibuster when it comes to judicial nominations - no one should believe that. | | | The Republican Party is trying to use history as a reason to eliminate Senators' ability to filibuster (aka. |
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http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/04/filibusters-untold-story.html
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| | filibuster on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The constitutional option to change Senate rules and procedures: a majoritarian means to over come the filibuster. | | | THURMOND KRTFILE PHOTOGRAPH BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY VIA THE STATE (January6) Strom Thurmond set the record for the longest filibuster inthe United States Senate at twenty-four hours, eighteen minutes.(nk) 2003Document Name|US NEWS THURMOND 1 SC Author: FILE PHOTO Publication: KRT Photos Source: PICS | | | Filibuster Showdown Looms In Senate; Democrats Prepare For Next Court Pick |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/f1/filibust.asp
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| | Filibuster repair - The Washington Times: Commentary - May 22, 2005 |
| | Far from "protecting minority rights," the most pernicious abuse of the filibuster has been for the exact opposite purpose -- obstruction of civil rights bills that would protect minorities from discrimination. | | | Filibuster repair - The Washington Times: Commentary - May 22, 2005 | | | Perhaps the most notorious filibuster against civil and minority rights was performed by Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who in 1964 filibustered to prevent the Republicans from passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
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http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050521-100527-1346r.htm
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| | Byron York on Senate & Judges on National Review Online |
| | But the problem for some less-zealous Democrats is that parental notification laws are quite popular nationwide, and it would seem suicidal to launch a filibuster based on a position that so clearly flies in the face of public opinion. | | | It is unclear whether there are 45 Democrats who agree. | | | Owen, a Texas state supreme-court justice who is being considered for a place on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last month on a straight party-line vote. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york041403.asp
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| | Majority Fools? |
| | Conservatives have long used the filibuster to block all manner of progressive legislation, from federal laws that enforce civil rights to Bill Clinton's Health Security Act. | | | It's only "fair," scream the pages of the National Review, that the president's picks for the court get an up-or-down vote. | | | Commentary: Republicans are preparing to abolish the judicial filibuster. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2005/05/frist_filibuster.html
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| | COMMENTARY: Ending judicial filibuster could haunt the GOP |
| | If filibusters of judicial nominations are impermissible, why not those of all nominations — and of treaties, too? | | | Exempting judicial nominations from filibusters will enlarge presidential power. | | | Today 60 Senate votes are required to end a filibuster. |
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http://www.vvdailypress.com/2005/111115496996222.html
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| | The Seattle Times: Politics: Cheney weighs in as filibuster fight rolls on |
| | A filibuster in this case would allow the minority party to use extended debate to stall a nomination because it takes votes by 60 of the 100 senators to end debate. | | | Cheney, however, promised to use his constitutional role as the Senate's presiding officer to keep Democrats from preventing a full Senate vote on Owen, Brown and other judicial nominees. | | | Speaking before the Republican National Lawyers Association, Cheney accused Senate Democrats of upsetting tradition, saying no group of senators in U.S. history had used a filibuster, a parliamentary maneuver, to block a judicial nomination supported by a majority of the Senate. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002250680_judges23.html
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| | filibuster - definition of filibuster by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | To use a filibuster against (a legislative measure, for example). | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | filibuster - a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/filibuster
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| | Kasky, 54 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1143 (2004) (with Erwin Chemerinsky). | | | Filibustering Judicial Nominations, __ Cardozo Law Review __ (forthcoming 2004) (with Erwin Chemerinsky). | | | The Filibuster, 49 Stanford Law Review 181 (1997) (with Erwin Chemerinsky). |
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http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/fisk/cv.html
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| | CBS News Is GOP Prepared To Go Nuclear? April 14, 2005 10:13:44 |
| | The left-leaning political advocacy group has initiated a television-advertising blitz to oppose the elimination of the filibuster option for blocking controversial judicial nominations. | | | Under current filibuster rules, 41 senators who oppose a controversial bill or judicial nominee can vote to continue debate and thereby block a final vote on the issue unless a supermajority of 60 senators vote to end the debate and call a vote. | | | The Senate would then vote to uphold the ruling, and if a majority agree with Cheney, filibusters against judicial nominees would effectively be eliminated. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/30/politics/main684118.shtml
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| | FilibusterFrist.com - Filibuster for Democracy |
| | Students for the Judiciary, a new non-partisan student-led campaign to provide objective information on judges under consideration for lifetime appointments to the federal judiciary. | | | We protested Senator Frist's proposal to eliminate the judicial filibuster in the Senate (the "nuclear option"). | | | Over 50 filibusters have taken place or were planned in 35 states! |
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http://www.princeton.edu/~petehill/filibuster.shtml
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| | Filibuster Cartoons |
| | Filibuster Cartoons version 3.0 - Design copyright 2003 Jaco Joubert - All original images copyright 2001-2003 JJ McCullough - Non-original images copyright their respective owner. | | | But, I've now started work on it again, and have a new page done. | | | I have also added a couple new editorials to my "Articles" page, which was a bit lax. |
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http://www.filibustercartoons.com
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| | U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > filibuster |
| | filibuster - Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, by offering numerous procedural motions, or by any other delaying or obstructive actions. | | | Links are arranged broadly by subject and may take you to PDF documents, useful sources on the Web, or other Senate Web pages. | | | U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > filibuster |
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http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/filibuster.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Americas Right to ramble splits US Senate |
| | But Mr Byrd's rights to ramble may soon be curtailed. | | | There is a plot afoot to ban the filibuster on one particular issue - Senate approval for President Bush's judicial nominations. | | | The filibuster, as it is known, is now under threat from Republicans who are in the majority and want to stop the Democrats holding up business. |
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| | Kate O'Beirne on Filibusters on National Review Online |
| | Catch Kate O'Beirne and the rest of the Capital Gang every weekend on CNN. | | | The legislative roadblock that threatens to derail his initiatives and nominations is Senate Rule XXII, the provision allowing a senator to mount a filibuster, thereby blocking a vote, unless a supermajority of 60 senators invokes cloture to end the protest. | | | But, with Kate Michelman demanding that Democratic senators filibuster any judicial nominee who fails to give full-throated support to abortion rights, and People for the American Way's Ralph Neas pledging "judicial Armageddon" to block the approval of the president's nominees, Republicans should be expected to fight back with the most powerful weapon in their arsenal. |
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| | village voice > news > Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway |
| | A filibuster defeated LBJ in his efforts to make Abe Fortas chief justice of the Supreme Court. | | | But during the heated debate over the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the West Virginia Democratic senator joined with other Southerners in fighting the legislation with a lengthy filibuster. | | | Strom Thurmond's famous filibuster followed an eight-day filibuster by Georgia senator Richard Russell that resulted in watering down that year's civil rights bill, removing its enforcement provisions. |
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| | ABC News: Primer: Judicial Nominees and the Filibuster |
| | Under the Constitution, the president's judicial nominees need a majority vote in the Senate to be confirmed. | | | In his second term, Bush nominated 12 judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10 of whom were re-nominated after being filibustered last year. | | | In his first term, Bush nominated 52 judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals — five did not receive a hearing. |
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| | Democrats uphold Bolton filibuster - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper |
| | Republican George V. Voinovich, who in May voted against the filibuster, yesterday voted along with most Democrats in support of the filibuster. | | | He was the only Republican in favor of the filibuster, while three Democrats opposed it both yesterday and on May 26 -- Sens. | | | The Senate yesterday failed to break a Democrat-led filibuster against President Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, leaving John R. Bolton at an impasse and setting up the possibility of a recess appointment. |
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| | A Senate rule called a filibuster allows a minority of senators to block a final vote on a judicial appointment even if a majority of senators supports the nominee. | | | Is it President Bush for nominating judges who are too conservative, or is it the Democrats for using Senate rules to block a majority vote that they would lose? | | | Should a majority of 51 votes be required, or is this something that should require a larger majority of 60 votes? |
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| | Homefront Six: Filibuster |
| | A Filibuster is the term used for an extended debate in the Senate which has the effect of preventing a vote. | | | Now we have the spectacle of (a) Democratic Senators such as Robert Byrd deploring the very idea of changing the filibuster rule, when during the years of Democratic dominance he was the master of changing Senate rules to enable Democratic ambitions of the moment. | | | And we have the spectacle of (b) Democratic Senators such as Patrick Leahy supporting the 60-vote filibuster rule now, but having said on for instance June 18, 1998: "I have stated over and over again on this (Senate) floor that I would. |
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http://homefrontsix.blogspot.com/2005/04/filibuster.html
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| | CNN.com - GOP sets up showdown over Alito - Jan 27, 2006 |
| | In May, Byrd, Nelson, Landrieu and four other Democrats joined seven Republicans in agreeing to oppose Democratic filibusters of some Bush judicial nominees and any attempt by Republican leaders to change Senate rules to end the practice, except under "extraordinary circumstances." So far, that agreement has held. | | | Bush said Thursday he was looking forward to an "up-or-down vote" in the Senate and praised Alito, a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, as a man of "character and integrity." | | | With their support, and with the 55 Senate Republicans expected to oppose any filibuster, GOP leaders would need to find only one more Democrat to thwart a filibuster attempt. |
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| | Filibuster - Encyclopedia.com - Results for filibuster |
| | Filibuster Majority Leader Bill Frist and right-wing Republicans in the Senate are Campus Progress’ Campus Debate Crib Sheet: The Filibuster is a great | | | Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. | | | National news release wire service distributing up-to-the-minute news issued directly from The White House, government agencies,Congressional offices, NGOs, |
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| | filibuster - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | This is a OneLook Word of the Day, which means it might be in the news. | | | We found 30 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word filibuster: | | | filibuster : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] |
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| | Filibuster (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. | | | a Filibuster Bar is ice cream on a stick covered with chocolate resembling a Hershey's Kiss. | | | Filibuster Cartoons, an editorial webcomic drawn by Canadian cartoonist J.J. McCullough |
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| | Filibuster at opensource encyclopedia |
| | If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. | | | "Filibuster" in world wide web people finder » |
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