Filibuster
Using long debate or other delay to block or slow a vote in the U.S. Senate.
Plain meaning written by PSI Sci editors from the linked source. Source: Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School), Wex
Measures that use this word
- H.Res. 1439: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1369: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.
Record filibuster