Sentences with phrase «hour filibuster»

In her recent piece, Fillibuster, 2016 she re-enacted Senator Wendy Davis» 11 Hour filibuster against Texas abortion laws in June 2013 adhering to the Texas filibuster rules which prohibited sitting, leaning, drinking, eating, or restroom breaks.

Performance: Rachel Mason at Envoy For her show in Envoy's lower - level gallery, curated by Tim Goossens, artist Rachel Mason performs Rand Paul's 13 - hour filibuster in a video, dressed as a rather frightening character she calls FutureClown.

The vote follows Wednesday's 15 - hour filibuster in the U.S. Senate, in which Democrats demanded tighter regulations on gun purchases.

Wendy Davis, the former Democratic state senator known for her 12 - hour filibuster opposing anti-abortion measures, lost the 2014 election to Abbott by more than 20 points.

The sit - in, led by veteran civil rights campaigner and Georgia congressman John Lewis, was staged to demand a vote on gun control measures, after a 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate on 16 June led to a floor vote on four measures, including one which aimed to prevent those on a terrorist no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

A nearly 15 - hour filibuster to push a vote on gun control legislation quickly elevated U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy's national profile and cemented his place as a leader in the Democratic movement for stricter gun laws following the mass shooting at an...

, who led the 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate last week, showed up to encourage Democrats.

Joining the protest was Sen. Chris Murphy, D - Conn., who had waged a nearly 15 - hour filibuster last week to force votes in the Senate on gun legislation.

After a nearly 15 - hour filibuster, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Thursday morning that lawmakers would hold a vote on expanding gun control legislation after the nation's deadliest mass shooting.

A nearly 15 - hour filibuster to push a vote on gun control legislation quickly elevated U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy's national profile and cemented his place as a leader in the Democratic movement for stricter gun laws following the mass shooting at an Orlando club.

Murphy led a 15 - hour filibuster on the Senate floor in June to call for action on gun violence.

Senate Democrats including Sen. Charles E. Schumer were exultant last week after a 15 - hour filibuster yielded the seemingly impossible: A commitment to hold votes to expand gun - purchaser background checks and keep potential terrorists from buying guns.

The Senator could have increased his level of engagement, by utilizing his 8 + hour filibuster to read tweets and opinions in opposition to millionaire tax cuts off his Blackberry or iPad while at the podium.

Senator Bernie Sanders», (I - VT @senatorsanders) fame recently sky - rocked during his 8 + hour filibuster that earned him the hashtag «#filibernie.»

Sen. Sander's Twitter fame recently skyrocked during his 10 + hour filibuster that earned him the hashtag «#filibernie.»

Despite her famous 13 - hour filibuster last year against new abortion legislation in Texas, Sen. Wendy Davis says she actually supports a 20 - week ban on abortion.

This comes, of course, just one week after Senator Chris Murphy led a 15 - hour filibuster for a vote on gun control.

Last year, he put on a 13 - hour filibuster last year to hammer home his point that drones shouldn't be used to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.

Not exact matches

I started writing this as Rand Paul entered the 9th hour of his historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, but I had to stop.

Forget your â $ œtwo weeks.â $ Twenty - four hours is a long time in politics, especially when itâ $ ™ s a prolonged, segmented, mostly nocturnal debateâ $» a filibuster if you willâ $» on a bill that everyone k...

In between your long hours of classes, parties, studies, parties, dormitory filibusters, lectures and parties, as well as those interminable trips to the, ahem, library, you have undoubtedly noticed that the ancient notion — rehashed and bashed though it may be — that college life revolves around its athletic teams has never been more accurate.

But in two - hour games over 10 furious days, hockey put aside money (not to mention fighting, scrums after whistles and filibusters that masquerade as face - offs) in a series of compelling matches that captivated a usually indifferent viewing public.

To stave off fear of the dark, I staged a filibuster and told an hour long story that was pretty much Star Wars meets King Arthur, but with fairies and talking flowers and an evil dragon that melts robots to make jewelry.

While Ted Cruz did give a speech for many consecutive hours, it was not a filibuster.

Rather than allow the setting up of this talking shop on the nod, the Tories opted to oppose the motion and a debate (some might say filibuster) ensued for a whole hour, which saw contributions from Tory MPs from across the nation and regular interventions from the Speaker to keep them to the strict terms of the debate.

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

The Louisiana senator recited Shakespeare and read out recipes for «pot - likkers» during his filibusters, one of which occupied 15 hours of «debate».

Some of the filibusters last longer than 8 hours.

For instance, once the majority party breaks a filibuster through cloture, the minority party is allowed 30 additional hours of post-cloture debate — a procedural maneuver Democrats can use to drain the clock and bog down the confirmation process.

filibustering for 15 hours on June 15.

As the minority party, Democrats are allowed 30 additional hours of debate after Republicans break a filibuster on a Trump nominee.

Another Ku Klux Klan member, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, personally filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14 straight hours to keep it from passage.

March 7, 2013 Murder — by - Drone of Americans Subverts Constitutional and Human Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [phone]; [email protected] Helena, MT — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wrapped up a nearly 13 - hour long filibuster very early this morning, in which he demanded answers from the Obama administration regarding its position on extrajudicial use of drones to kill American citizens -LSB-...]

They did it despite Wendy Davis» renowned 11 - hour marathon filibuster... and despite the fact that thousands of Texans across the state rose up to oppose it.