Look up: FILIBUSTER

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   filibuster
   [n] - a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes 2. [n] - a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches 3. [v] - obstruct deliberately by delaying
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   filibuster
   U.S. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a minority in a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure Category: Politics • parliamentary device used in the US Senate by which a minority of Senators seek to frustrate the will of the majority by literally talking a bill to death. Category: Politics • the use of extreme dilatory tactics (as ...
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   Filibuster
   Fil'i·bus`ter noun [ Spanish flibuster , flibustero , corrupted from English freebooter . See Freebooter .] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and th ...
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   Filibuster
   Fil'i·bus·ter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fillibustered ; present participle & verbal noun Filibustering .] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett. 2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [ political cant or slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
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   filibuster
   noun a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
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   filibuster
   filibusterer noun a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
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   filibuster
   verb obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
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   Filibuster
   A `filibuster`, or ``talking out a bill``, is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision making body. An attempt is made to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the proposal taking place. The term 'filibuster' was first used in 1851. It was derived from the Spanish `filibustero` meaning 'pirate' or 'freebooter'. This term had in turn evolved from the French word `fl...
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   Filibuster
   • (v. i.) To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. • (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of ...
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    filibuster
    in legislative practice, the parliamentary tactic used in the United States Senate by a minority of the senators—sometimes even a single senator—to ... [2 related articles]
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    filibuster
    filibuster, term used to designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the U.S. 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 th...
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