Filibuster: What to know about ... Certainly, seizing the floor for an all-night session and refusing to yield, ala Thurmond or Stewart’s character, Sen. Jefferson Smith, is one way to block the ...

This Democrat Senator Started Sobbing on the Senate Floor. It's a Publicity Stunt.

Of course, the filibuster is by definition a tool for a Senate minority to obstruct a Senate majority. But since Rhode Island and California enjoy equal representation in the Senate, a majority of ...

The iconic, 1939 Frank Capra classic starring Jimmy Stewart iconized the filibuster in the American political experience. Social studies and history teachers showed the film in class to ...

“The same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster ‘for when we need it’ do not, in fact, use it when we need it,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted to X on Saturday.

The character of the American people deserves most of the credit. But close behind are our vital institutions. ... “At its core, the filibuster is not about stopping a nominee or a bill, ...

If the filibuster is abolished, any gains Democrats make from now to 2028 could be reversed as soon as the Republicans regain control. "You cannot create a weapon and then expect that it will ...

It has even created a cartoon character, “Phil A. Buster,” a cute, anthropomorphic megaphone. ... Filibusters, it’s true, classically consist of endless speechifying to postpone a vote.

The tactic Mr. Biden referred to, sometimes called a talking filibuster, is the kind illustrated in the 1939 movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” in which the title character, portrayed by ...

The future of the filibuster is in the news … again. Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview this week that, if elected, she would support abolishing the Senate filibuster to fast-track ...

One of the most famous (fake) filibuster moments of the 21st century comes from the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” in which Patton Oswalt famously plays a character that filibusters the Pawnee ...

Doesn’t a filibuster already last only as long as a senator keeps talking? That’s a myth that can be traced to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the 1939 film in which Jimmy Stewart’s character ...