filibuster

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1. filibuster - Noun

2. filibuster - Verb

Meaning

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 Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.

To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.

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There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster. Tony Snow

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent. Jeff Merkley

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate. Peter Fenn

The filibuster of federal district and circuit judges cannot stand. ... It's bad for the institution. It's wrong. It's not supportable under the Constitution. And if they insist on persisting with these filibusters, I'm perfectly prepared to blow the place up. No problem. Trent Lott

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. Clare Boothe Luce

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death. Dick Durbin

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