Sentence examples for for filibuster from inspiring English sources

| The prospects for filibuster reform.

Tom Harkin, a liberal Democrat from Iowa, who has been calling for filibuster reform since the nineteen-nineties, supports Merkley's package, but worries that it's not strong enough.

U.S. JOURNAL: ANNAPOLIS, MD. about reasons for filibuster by the Maryland state senate during debate on the proposed Baltimore subway system.

A21 Kerry Calls for Filibuster Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, left, called for a filibuster of the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.

There are also provisions in the new rules that will limit the chances for filibuster once a bill has passed the Senate and is moving toward negotiations with the House.

BILSEL ALISBAH Hilton Head, S.C., Nov. 7, 2012 To the Editor: Re "Question for the Victor: How Far Do You Push?" (news analysis, front page, Nov. 7): The first order of business should be a push for filibuster reform.

So Mr. McConnell needs a new excuse for filibustering it again.

"They don't understand that we don't go in for filibustering.

It wasn't until the final minutes of the filibuster that Senator Mitch Fifield arrived at the most obvious topic for filibustering: the filibuster itself.

She was noted for her support of individual retirement accounts for homemakers and for filibustering to restore budget monies for youth job training and for senior citizens.

There was a considerably weaker argument for filibustering executive appointments, rooted in the word "advice" in the "advice and consent" clause of Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.