Sentences with phrase «stop filibustering»

Stop the filibusters.

Stopping a filibuster requires 60.

In the new Congress, the Republicans have 55 senators, just five votes short of the margin necessary to stop a filibuster.

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.

Although Paul repeatedly admitted that his efforts are unlikely to stop Brennan's confirmation, his filibuster was nonetheless historic.

to complete the answer to the question, I would add: So, no the filibuster can not be stopped by silencing the minority unless every member of the minority spoke in a way to violate Senate Rule XIX

Wikipedia says that the filibuster in the United States Senate is a Senate rule that allows a senator to talk as long as he does not give up the floor, unless a special vote is taken to stop debate.

I know there's some overlap there, but the point of budget reconciliation is that a filibuster can't stop it, so you only need 50 votes.

Demos Senior Campaign Strategist Vijay Das gave the following prepared remarks at the «People's Filibuster to Stop Tax Cuts for Billionaires» rally...

Had the filibuster been stopped, the bill would have passed.

In the Senate, for example, Filibusters are controversial, in that they allow the minority party to stop the will of the majority.

Only a filibuster based on misinformation stopped a needed step that had majority support, even at that time.

Which is why Republicans are almost certain to put a stop to filibustering whenever they happen to achieve control of the three branches of government.

Congress wanted to eliminate the ACA completely, but to comply with the rules so that a filibuster couldn't stop them, that's the most they could do.