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A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
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filibuster
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Word definitions for filibuster in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filibuster \Fil"i*bus`ter\, n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter .] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1853 in the freebooting sense, from filibuster (n.). Legislative sense is from 1861. Related: Filibustered ; filibustering .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A filibuster or freebooter , in the context of foreign policy, is someone who engages in an (at least nominally) unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country or territory to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Daschle has said Democrats may filibuster the budget for the investigation if their objections are not addressed. ▪ Opponents in the Senate have vowed to filibuster .
Usage examples of filibuster.
But Cheney was lobbying furiously, calling senators, trying to cut into our 41 reliable filibuster votes.
Unable to secure the votes they needed to end the filibuster on Wednesday, the Republican leadership rescheduled the filibuster vote for the following morning.
From the Chaussey Isles the filibuster saw the signal light which the traitor Olivier Delagarde had set upon the heights of Le Couperon, where, ages ago, Caesar built fires to summon from Gaul his devouring legions.
Thus, filibuster includes the introduction of dilatory motions, intentional absence from the assembly to prevent a quorum, or lengthy speechmaking.
House of Representatives cannot filibuster as debate there is limited in time.
French filibuster was a man of much better birth and education than the usual buccaneer.
In April, 1683, he picked up some 300 buccaneers at Petit Goave, and joined the filibuster Laurens in the Gulf of Honduras with six other buccaneer captains, who were planning an attack on the rich city of Vera Cruz.
Democrats maintained their filibuster on these ten fine jurists, conservatives argued, there would be nothing to prevent them from having their way with future Supreme Court nominees.
I would support the filibuster of some of these judges, if only to signal to the White House the need to moderate its next selections.
But the Senate Democrats still had an arrow left in their quiver-the unconstitutional and unprecedented filibuster of judicial nominees.
By using a filibuster, or even threatening to invoke the filibuster procedure against a judicial nominee, a small group of senators can prevent a vote for confirmation from ever taking place.
All in attendance agreed to attempt to filibuster the nomination of Miguel Estrada, if they have the votes to defeat cloture.
Senate rules forbid the minority party from using the filibuster in cases of judicial nominations.
Without introducing myself, I asked him from a pay phone whether he was serious about conducting a filibuster, and if he would like to use the Pentagon Papers for this purpose.
If he could just convince one more senator to spell him on the filibuster, they could filibuster indefinitely.