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1Filibuster — A filibuster, or talking out a bill , is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision making body. An attempt is made to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the… …
2filibuster — fil·i·bus·ter || fɪlɪbÊŒstÉ™(r) n. use of delaying tactics; long speech made to delay or prevent a decision from being made (Politics); military adventurer who engages in unauthorized revolutionary activities in foreign countries v. give… …
3Nuclear option — This article is about the U.S. legislative tactic. See also nuclear warfare. In U.S. politics, the nuclear option (or constitutional option ) allows the United States Senate to reinterpret a procedural rule by invoking the argument that the… …
4Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination — On October 31, 2005, Samuel Alito was nominated by President George W. Bush for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace the retiring Sandra Day O Connor. Alito had been a judge on the United States Court of Appeals… …
5United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
6Chatham Roberdeau Wheat — Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (April 9, 1826 – June 27, 1862) was a Captain in the United States Army Volunteers during the Mexican War, Louisiana State Representative, lawyer, mercenary in Cuba, Mexico, and Italy,… …
7Political positions of John McCain — U.S. Senator John McCain (R AZ), a member of the U.S. Congress since 1983, a two time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, has taken positions on many political issues… …
8Mike Gravel — United States Senator from Alaska In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981 Preceded by Ernest Gr …
9Civil Rights Act of 1964 — Full title An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to …
10Jesse Helms — United States Senator from North Carolina In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 Preceded by B. Everett Jordan Succeeded by …
