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SSJVegeta

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2. Incorrect. It is a fillibuster when debate has not been ended and cloture cannot be established

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:10 PM

Apr 1

That's why they always called the lack of 60 votes a "fillibuster." Since debate has not ended. It's a cop-out though cause technically they are still "debating" a bill even though they will never discuss it again and can end the session.

This is an actual fillibuster, where the senate stays in session forever until it is over. If it is intended to disrupt, it is generally considered a fillibuster.

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Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmond's Record for longest fillibuster!! [View all] SSJVegeta Apr 1 OP

This wasn't technically a filibuster... and the irony is Strom Thurmond was filibustering Civil Rights... asshole. WarGamer Apr 1 #1

Incorrect. It is a fillibuster when debate has not been ended and cloture cannot be established SSJVegeta Apr 1 #2

You should replace the NYT writer WarGamer Apr 1 #3

Or maybe he shoild just quit because he is wrong. SSJVegeta Apr 1 #4

Even your linked CNN article says it wasn't a filibuster. WarGamer Apr 1 #5

It wasnt a formal fillibuster but its intention was to disrupt business while keeping the senate in session SSJVegeta Apr 1 #6

it was an awesome symbolic protest... the longest floor speech in history. WarGamer Apr 1 #7

Fillibuster/Noun: SSJVegeta Apr 1 #8

lol... you can definitely replace all the politics writers and analysts at the news outlets. WarGamer Apr 1 #9

Or just speak english and differntiate between a procedural fillibuster and regular ol dictionary definition fillibuster SSJVegeta Apr 1 #10