Sentences with phrase «possibility of a filibuster»

It opens up the possibility of filibustering MPs doing their utmost to delay the bill.

The last time the legislation was taken up, she said, it came two votes shy of cloture, which is a procedure that enables a bill to be considered on the Senate floor without the possibility of a filibuster.

Not exact matches

That means the Obama administration was given free rein to craft the agreement, which must be submitted to a straight up or down vote, with no possibility of amendment or filibuster.

But private member's bills are vulnerable to a form of filibustering by MPs opposed to them - creating the possibility that a small number of opponents could prevent Moore's bill from becoming law.

Changes to the tax code can be made via the reconciliation process, and this would avoid an up or down vote on it as a stand - alone proposal and the possibility of a Senate filibuster.

Virtually absent was talk about Senate obstructionism, the inane and perpetual use of the filibuster, and the possibility of passing legislation through reconciliation, issues that David Roberts has covered at length (and with good reason).

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