Sentences with filibustering
- An innovation by John Paul II means that after 30 ballots the majority needed becomes just one, which could encourage filibustering.
- Filibustering against the Civil Rights Act in 1957, then-Democratic Sen.
- Talk of filibustering the president's judicial picks is back -- even before Barack Obama has nominated anyone to the federal courts.
- Filibustering a Supreme Court nominee has emerged as a possibility since Democrats lost their 60.
- Though the GOP long ago abandoned any idea of filibustering, draining much of the drama out of the final vote.
- Daschle has even suggested using the Senate's rules to prevent opponents from filibustering healthcare legislation.
- Senate Republicans have already signaled their intent to challenge any Obama choices they consider too liberal by filibustering.