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Categories: Political campaign techniques, Filibuster, Parliamentary procedure, Majority, Ethically disputed political practices

filibuster Filabuster Filerbuster Filibuster in the senate filibustered

(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches WordNet 3.0

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(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision. Wikipedia

Political procedure where one or more members of a parliament extend debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the proposal Wikidata

A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate. Wiktionary

IS A

delay

order

HAS INSTANCE

Chris Murphy gun control filibuster

CATEGORY DOMAIN

law

DERIVATION

filibuster

DIFFERENT FROM

filibuster

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