The word "filibuster" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a parliamentary procedure in which a person is allowed to speak for as long as they desire on any subject without interruption in order to delay or prevent a vote on a proposed piece of legislation. Example sentence: The senator vowed to filibuster the proposed bill until it was amended to his liking.
Paul showed no indication that his position had changed since last week's extended floor speech – not officially a filibuster – and that he would do whatever it took to block the Patriot Act's renewal.
But if they don't back up their words with action and continue to deploy the filibuster and retreat of the old politics in the face of social inequality then they too will reap a bitter harvest.
Two years after rising to national prominence with a 13-hour talking filibuster against drones, Rand Paul has made another marathon speech on the floor of the US Senate – only this time in a bid to halt the federal government's mass surveillance of Americans' phone records and to derail an extension of the Patriot Act.
Yet knows how to filibuster and control hearing time better than anyone.
During her epic address, Davis was equipped with the trainers, a back brace and according to recent reports, a catheter, to help her persevere with her filibuster until the legislative session was eventually timed out and the bill, which would effectively close dozens of Texas abortion clinics, was significantly delayed.
Not only did he drop his threat to filibuster the legislation, he interrupted his campaigning in order to vote for immunity.
And they will be defending a tarnished brand, thanks to out-of-control public spending, presidential incompetence and a rash of sex-and-money scandals.Even so, the Democrats will be lucky if they hit the 60 seats needed to give them a filibuster-proof majority.
His defection, followed by the ruling that Al Franken had squeaked to victory in Minnesota, eventually gave the Senate Democrats a filibuster-proof supermajority.
In principle, that means that it could die in the Senate next week, since the Democrats are currently two votes short of a filibuster-proof majority there.
The Democrats are tantalisingly close to a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority.Pat Quinn completed his first week as the new governor of Illinois.
Even in a primary election in which she had no serious challenger, she managed to win only 44% of the votes.The Republicans have targeted Ms Boxer as one of five vulnerable Democrats they need to unseat in order to achieve their dream of a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate.
