Sentence examples for using a filibuster to from inspiring English sources
Republicans have repeatedly asserted that using a filibuster to block a judicial nominee is unprecedented.
The proposal will be the first amendment to a bill on gun control that Senate Majority leader Harry Reid will try to push forward on Thursday with a motion to prevent opponents from using a filibuster to block it.
Last week brought very welcome news that Senator David Vitter (R-LA) does not support using a filibuster to block the confirmation of Gina McCarthy to be EPA Administrator.
For the first time in its history, the Senate used a filibuster to block a nominee to the Court of Appeals.
It is likely Democrats will pursue a legislative shortcut - the "reconciliation" process - to ensure opponents can't use a filibuster to block health legislation in the Senate.
Knowing that, Republicans used a filibuster to prevent President Obama's nominee for director, Richard Cordray, from reaching a vote in 2011.
In May, Senate Republicans used a filibuster to prevent the chamber from voting on another one of Mr. Obama's appeals court nominees, Goodwin Liu.
He said he was considering several options to change the system of judicial confirmations in order to prevent Democrats from being able to use a filibuster to block nominees.
Republicans did not try to use a filibuster to block Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Mr. Obama's first nominee to the Supreme Court, who was confirmed last August on a vote of 68 to 31.
The Massachusetts vote means that Republicans, now with 41 of 100 seats, have denied the Democrats a super-majority and so can use a filibuster to talk out almost any bill.
Asked this week whether Republicans would use a filibuster to block a vote on Mr. Obama's coming Supreme Court nominee, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, brought up Mr. Liu's nomination as an example of the kind of candidate who would merit the use of aggressive tactics.
