Friday, March 8, 2013

3/7/13 BR

rand paul spoke for about 12 hours. i really do not see what the point is in doing the flubberbuster or whatever it is.

filibuster- is an action like a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening.

cloture- is a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

did you know that the word filibuster is a dutch word meaning pirate?
did you know that the filibuster was conducted by jimmy stewart?
did you know that in 1841 a threatened filibuster foiled Senator Henry Clay's?
did you know when senators started to filibuster in the mid 1800?
did you know in 1917 a group of 12 anti-war senators successfully filibustered a bill?

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