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Filibuster Defined
Holding up legislation or other business in the U.S. Senate by organizing continuous speeches in opposition so that no vote can be taken. It needs 60 Senators to vote to end a filibuster. In 1995, the nomination of Dr. Henry Foster for Surgeon-General was defeated by a filibuster in the Senate. Filibusters are often used by minority groups, to offset their numerical disadvantage.
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Perils that sank Daschle look different for Thune
Published July 5, 2009, 12:04 am, The Argus Leader
As Republican John Thune moves toward a Senate re-election bid in 2010, he shares several parallels with the man he defeated in 2004, Democrat Tom Daschle: important positions in their parties and minority status in Congress. But Thune and analysts see plenty of differences, too.
60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats
Published July 4, 2009, 10:52 pm, The Washington DC Examiner
Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama 's top priorities to pass without Republican support.
Senator Al Franken: Goodbye to the Class Clown
Published July 4, 2009, 7:06 pm, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
By all accounts, Sen.-elect Al Franken will downplay humor and focus on policy when he takes his seat.
Republican rebel Rubio running insurgent U.S. Senate campaign
Published July 4, 2009, 12:54 pm, Sun-Sentinel
Marco Rubio running what amounts to a right-wing insurgent campaign for the U.S. Senate -- shut out by the state and national GOP apparatus and snubbed by most of the party's biggest givers. It is hardly the path to the top of the ticket many envisioned for Marco Rubio just a few years ago.
Al Franken and the Odd Politics of Minnesota
Published July 4, 2009, 11:17 am, New York Times
Al Franken’s hard-won victory raises the question: What is up with Minnesota politics, anyway?
Upstart Rubio's Senate run bucks GOP etiquette
Published July 4, 2009, 5:12 am, Orlando Sentinel
It is hardly the path to the top of the ticket many envisioned for Marco Rubio just a few years ago.
Love it or hate it, climate change bill heads to Senate
Published July 2, 2009, 2:13 am, Las Vegas Sun
The rowdy House floor debate on climate change provided one of those moments of political theater when it is hard to know whether the warring sides are even talking about the same bill.
Political theatre of the absurd
Published July 1, 2009, 11:33 am, Aljazeera
Many are the politicians who have made laughing stocks of themselves in and out of the halls of congress, but Al Franken is the first and only member of the US senate to have gotten laughs for a living.
Commentary: Franken victory is not funny
Published July 1, 2009, 11:32 am, CNN
The metric system is the kind of thing that you can expect from the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority Democrats now have in the United States Senate.
Inhofe On Franken: "We Are Going To Get The Clown"
Published July 1, 2009, 9:23 am, The Huffington Post
Saying the Democrats wouldn't be able to hustle up 60 votes to stop a filibuster, the Republican said. "I'll tell you what a lot of people are thinking, and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota ...
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