Sentence examples for mount a filibuster from inspiring English sources

And they don't have the political capital to mount a filibuster.

In the Senate, Republicans have just enough votes to mount a filibuster and block bills.

"The optics would look really bad if Republicans were to mount a filibuster," Mr. Manley said.

In theory, Republicans could mount a filibuster, but blocking a judge is not like blocking a law.

POLITICIANS capable of renewing the unpopular and demoralised Republican Party are hard to find in the Senate, where they cannot even mount a filibuster these days.

Nor is it enough to reach the 60 votes needed to end debate on the issue if opponents mount a filibuster.

The influential Senator opposed to the measure, John C. Danforth, a Missouri Republican, abandoned as futile the idea of mounting a filibuster.

Senate Democrats say that if they can not defeat the Kuhl nomination outright they will consider mounting a filibuster against her.

Some nomination fights (like Bork's) have hinged on ideological conflicts, as was the case when Republicans in the Senate mounted a filibuster to prevent the liberal Abe Fortas from becoming chief justice.

That was when the Son of Ron mounted a filibuster to beat the band — the talking kind, an old-fashioned bladder-busting blabfest — of President Obama's nominee for director of the C.I.A., John Brennan.

Democratic talk of mounting a filibuster against the conservative judge faded away though only four Democrats eventually supported his nomination.Congress temporarily extended the provisions of the Patriot Act (again) until March 10th.