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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
filibuster .
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Examples
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The only reason Alito would be filibustered is because that would be the oppositions only way to keep him from comming to an up or down vote.
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Our Senate has more than 100 bills that the House has passed sitting in committees or "filibustered".
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I'll never forget walking through the press corps in the East Room after Obama's first press and hearing one of the more famous reporters bitching to other reporters that Obama "filibustered" his answers.
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I'll never forget walking through the press corps in the East Room after Obama's first press and hearing one of the more famous reporters bitching to other reporters that Obama "filibustered" his answers.
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Did anyone Notice that the Party of NO once again "filibustered" another Bill involving Health Care.
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Did anyone Notice that the Party of NO once again "filibustered" another Bill involving Health Care.
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Known as budget reconciliation, the shortcut would permit lawmakers to roll Obama's health-care proposals into a bill that cannot be filibustered, meaning Democrats could push it through the Senate with 51 votes, instead of the usual 60 ...
Blog entry 2009
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Did anyone Notice that the Party of NO once again "filibustered" another Bill involving Health Care.
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The shortcut, known as "budget reconciliation," would allow Obama's health and energy proposals to be rolled into a bill that cannot be filibustered, meaning Democrats could push it through the Senate with 51 votes, instead of the usual 60.
ModerateVoters.org 2009
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Did anyone Notice that the Party of NO once again "filibustered" another Bill involving Health Care.
bilby commented on the word filibustered
Hash-browns topped with flame-grilled senators.
September 22, 2009