A delaying tactic used by Senate members seeking to defeat a bill, usually done through extended debates.
A strategic device by which a minority can control the floor through "extended debate" on a controversial measure for the purpose of either delaying or preventing passage. A Senator may speak for two one- hour periods on any debatable measure before the Senate.
The prolonged discussion of a bill to delay legislative action.
Talking and debating a bill in an effort to change or kill it. Easier in the Senate than the House because of the Senate's more relaxed rules controlling debate.
A time-delaying strategy of debate, amendments, other procedures, and just plain talk, used by those in the minority in an effort to prevent a vote on a bill that probably would pass if brought to a vote. The most common method is to take advantage of the Senate's rules permitting unlimited debate. Filibusters are more difficult in the House because of stricter rules, but such devices as repeated demands for quorum calls are used from time to time.
Only allowed in the Senate in Texas, a filibuster is when one senator holds the floor through talking or long speeches, without sitting down or leaving the area of his desk. This is often used to kill a bill or delay a vote as long as possible. Texas holds the record for the longest filibuster when in 1977, a senator spoke for 44 hours straight.
a tactic used to delay or stop a vote on a bill by making long floor speeches and debates. Go to Top
when Senators delay a bill by giving marathon speeches; only stopped with a cloture vote.
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
a common tactic used in the Senate, where debate time is unlimited, to prevent the legislation on the floor from passing
a delaying tactic, and it's stopped by cloture
a delay tactic where you try to wear out the opposition by constantly talking
a device by which a minority of senators, or even one senator, blocks the will of the majority by holding the Senate floor and talking
a legal means of blocking a measure indefinitely by introducing motions or amendments and engaging in debate
a losing cause and the only headline from it will be how foolish JK looked in the call for it and how everyone that voted for it are obstructionist
an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, offering numerous procedural motions, or even reading out the phone book
a parliamentary tactic that allows the minority party in the Senate to block a confirmation vote by endless debate
a parliamentary tactic used occasionally to force more compromise and consensus on legislation
a procedural device under a Senate rule
a process, typically an extremely long speech, that is used primarily to stall the legislative process and thus derail a particular piece of legislation
a rule that the legislature lays down for how it legislates
a rupture in normative deliberation, a power-play
a "shameful" and "under-handed" action employed by a "long-winded" "obstructionist ringleader
a tactic, not an ideology
a tactic used purposely in the Senate to delay or kill a vote by talking something to death
a technique used in the Senate to block action (legislation, etc
a technique used to delay a vote
A device, used only in the Senate, to delay or prevent a vote by time-consuming talk. It can be stopped only by a 60-member vote of the senators present and voting.
Parliamentary maneuver by which a Senator controls the floor and extends the debate of a bill in an attempt to delay or prevent a vote by time-consuming talk by a legislator to avoid its passage.
Prolonged discussion of a bill to delay legislative action (Senate only).
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.
Tactic employed by an individual or group of individuals in the U.S. Senate aimed at blocking legislation by gaining control of the floor (simply by standing and making a speech) and refusing to relinquish control until the rest of the Senate gives up and agrees to move on to other business.
Delaying tactic associated with the Senate and used by the Minority in an effort to prevent the passage of a bill or amendment. Usually threatened but not executed. The House cannot filibuster as all debate is governed by rigid rules crafted by the Rules Committee setting the parameters for discussion and approved by the entire body for each separate piece of legislation. The Senate does not employ a rulemaking process.
The use of long speeches or other tactics in Parliament to delay deliberately a vote or decision.
A stalling tactic used in the Senate to delay or prevent a vote. A filibuster can only be stopped by cloture or unanimous consent.
An attempt by a Senator or group of Senators to obstruct the passage of a bill, favored by the majority, by talking continuously. Because there is no rule in the Senate over how long a member can speak, a Senator can prevent a bill from coming up for a vote by talking endlessly. Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set the record in 1957 by speaking for more than 24 hours without stopping.
A delaying tactic of unlimited debate, used only in the Senate.
In Texas, a filibuster is allowed only in the Senate. A filibuster occurs when one senator holds the floor through talking or long speeches, without sitting down or leaving the vicinity of the senator's desk. Although the primary purpose of a filibuster is usually to kill a bill, sometimes this is also done to reach a compromise or to delay a vote as long as possible.
a long debate used to delay or prevent action by Legislature
A delaying tactic to prevent action in the Senate by speaking continuously.
The deliberate holding of the Senate floor by one or more senators to demonstrate opposition to a particular bill.
An informal term for extended debate or other procedures used to prevent a vote on a bill in the Senate.
term used to designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate is very strong. It was not until 1917 that the Senate provided for cloture (i.e., the ending of the debate) by a vote of two thirds of the senators present. The filibuster has been used by various blocs of senators for different purposes; for example, by conservatives resisting civil-rights legislation in the 1960s, and by liberals resisting cuts in the capital gains tax in 1991. Attempts to reduce the cloture requirement have not been successful, partly because of the reluctance of the Senate to interfere with the tradition of free debate, which includes the right to speak on anything, however irrelevant, simply to keep the floor.
A tactic used in the Senate by a minority (even as few as one senator) to prevent a vote on legislation that would probably otherwise pass. See Cloture.
A deliberate obstruction of the legislative process by making a long speech.
The use of obstructive and time-consuming parliamentary tactics by a member or a minority of members to delay, modify, or defeat proposed legislation or rules changes. The Senate's rules permitting unlimited debate and the extraordinary majority required to end debate make filibustering a particularly effective tool in that chamber. The rules of debate are much stricter in the House, making filibusters ineffective and short-lived.
As a form of obstructionism in a legislature or other decision making body, a filibuster is an attempt to extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay or completely prevent a vote on its passage. The term first came into use in the United States Senate, where Senate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless a supermajority group of 60 Senators brings debate to a close by invoking cloture. In the United Kingdom Parliament, a bill defeated by this maneuver is said to have been "talked out".
