Sentence examples for during a filibuster from inspiring English sources
That's why, if you turn to C-SPAN during a filibuster, you won't see a heroic senator fighting to remain on his feet.
Still, filibusters were common enough that in 1971, Mr. Byrd, a master of Senate procedure, shifted the rules to allow the Senate to take up other legislation during a filibuster.
The ads, which McKinnon admits have been "somewhat" computer-enhanced, variously depict the Senator singing the "Marseillaise" on the floor of the U.S. Senate during a filibuster in the discussion of Bush judicial appointees, raising the French tricolor over the U.S. Capitol, and groping French actress Sophie Marceau during an anti-Iraq-war protest march on the Mall in Washington.
After all, this is a guy who read Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" on the Senate floor during a filibuster in 2013.
controlled the floor for nearly 13 hours in March during a filibuster against CIA director nominee John Brennan, but failed to crack the top five.
There have even been cases in which a senator read from a phone directory during a filibustering speech.
This spring he retweeted an image of a noose, along with the names of Republican United States senators whose votes had helped break a filibuster during a gun-control debate.
He had long opposed giving legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in the N.S.A.'s wiretapping program, even threatening a filibuster during his run for the nomination.
Sixty votes are required to end a filibuster during debate on a bill and hold a vote.
Attacking Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz for citing Dr. Seuss during a Senate filibuster September 25 , 2013against Obamacare, Jackson also criticized Seuss for plagiarizing Jackson's own speaking style.
