Sentences with phrase «when filibuster»

My question concerns the situation when a filibuster extends way past the work hours into the night hours or even early morning.

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Murphy, 42, began speaking at 11:21 a.m., and was showing few signs of fatigue when the filibuster ended.

If the GOP / Teatrolls want to agree to rules that define when filibusters for nominees will be allowed, instead of just removal of the filibuster for nominees altogether, I'm pretty sure Reid would negotiate.

Not exact matches

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

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So when the 50,000 - seat, $ 7.6 million stadium was completed in 1975, the Board of Regents filibustered, voting to delay naming the stadium until its debts were paid off.

Moreover, when the Senate changed its filibuster rules in 2013, so that judicial nominees were exempt, the change did not extend to Supreme Court nominees.

I would also like to add to @sabbahillel's answer that when the Democrats last controlled the Senate, they changed the Senate rules and eliminated the filibuster on federal judge appointments to make it easier for the Senate to approve the appointments of the Obama administration.

The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure.

When the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, after four months of work, had delivered its bill to Parliament, the minority in Parliament used unprecedented filibuster against the bill for months.

And, we see the reinvention of a very old technique for a digital age, in this case the filibuster, which as Tumulty's article points out, was first used in the U.S. Senate when the Constitution was in diapers.

The problem is when Tea Party Republicans filibuster to prevent the majority of Senators from voting.

Who is MP Philip Davies, why is he opposing the violence against women bill and when else has he filibustered?

WASHINGTON — When Senate Democrats in 2013 drastically weakened the ability to filibuster presidential nominees, it seemed as if they were creating a glide path for a president whose party controlled the Senate to speed through confirmations.

By the time Scott Brown lost his senate seat, congress had already flipped to Republican control so he wasn't needed to keep the filibuster like when he was elected.

Though rules don't permit a tactic like Murphy's filibuster, Rep. Jim Himes made waves when he and some Democratic colleagues, including Reps. Joe Courtney and John Larson walked off the floor of the House during a moment of silence for the 49 men and women who were slain in an Orlando nightclub.

The filibuster failed when the Senate invoked cloture for only the second time since 1927.

The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a bill by extending the debate on the measure, but other dilatory tactics exist.

It has been introduced in Congress, but never ratified, a dozen times since 2001, coming closest to passing when it fell during a Senate filibuster in 2007.

Prospects for the anti-smoking bill's eventual passage dimmed considerably when the Senate failed to block a filibuster on the measure last week.

Especially when one considers that the only time anyone opposes the filibuster is when they are the party (or the coalition) in power, and thus, their goals are being subjected to it.

When the Democrat president Lyndon Johnson finally decided to give in and pass the acts (so the Dems could take credit) Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Acts.

Unable to enact cap - and - trade legislation, even when he was supported by filibuster - proof majorities in Congress, President Barack Obama famously claimed, «Cap and trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way.»

Reid promises that Democrats will «talk» next week, a rather tepid statement when the issue of filibuster is at hand.

Following the House vote, Senators Rand Paul and Ron Wyden vowed to filibuster the Section 702 bill when it reached their chamber.