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Filibuster

A filibuster is a parliamentary procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking out a bill", and is characterized as a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body. A…

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related to United Kingdom · 70
Filibuster → Alternative Vote, April, Bill, British Telecommunications Bill, Central European Time, Charles Stewart Parnell, Christopher Chope, Commons, Conservative, Conservative Minister Sam Gyimah, Conservative MPs, Conservative MPs Philip Davies, Conservatives, Constituencies Bill, Davies, Davies's, Daylight Savings Bill, Deputy Speaker Dawn Primarolo, Disqualifications Bill, Dogs
related to Hong Kong · 43
Filibuster → Albert Chan, Amendment, Article, As, Betterment, Bill, Constitutional Affairs, Council, DAB, December, Democratic Alliance, Establishment, Five Constituencies Referendum, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail, Handover, Hong Kong, In, January, Jasper Tsang, Lau Kong-wah
related to Austria · 23
Filibuster → Abgeordnetenhaus, Ausgleich, Austria, Austrian Green Party, Austrian People's Party, Brünn, Delegates, House, However, Hungary, Imperial Council, Kogler, Madeleine Petrovic, March, Mark Twain, On December, On October, Otto Lecher, Reichsrat, Social Democratic Party
related to External links · 21
Filibuster → April, Archive, Archived, Cafon Court, Canada, Congressional Quarterly, Filibuster Archived, Filibusters, Interactive, L176AE, L176B, L176H, L176N, L176S, Provincial Hansard, Senate, Stockwell, The, Toronto, Wayback Machine
related to Philippines · 21
Filibuster → Alejandro Almendras, Almendras, April, Eulogio Rodriguez, Ferdinand Marcos, He, However, In, Marcos, Nacionalista Party, Nacionalistas, On, Philippine Senate, Philippines, President, Prohibited, Roseller Lim, Senate, Senate Presidency, The Nacionalistas
related to Ancient Rome · 18
Filibuster → As, BCE, Caesar, Cato, Cato's, Faced, Forum, Having, Hispania, Hispania Ulterior, In, Julius Caesar, Roman, Roman Senate, Senate, The, This, Younger
related to South Korea · 16
Filibuster → Anti-Terrorism, As, December, February, Jang, Jang Dong-hyeok, Korea, March, Minjoo Party, National Assembly, National Intelligence Service, People Power Party, Saenuri Party, South Korea's, South Korean, The
see also · 16
Filibuster → An, Baby, Deliberately, Frank CapraObstructionism, George Tsebelis, It's Cold Outside, Legal, Lithuanian CommonwealthMr, Parliamentary, Polish, Roman RepublicGag, ScandalConstitution, Smith Goes, The Stackhouse Filibuster, The West WingVeto Players, Washington
related to New Zealand · 15
Filibuster → ACT, Amendments, Auckland Council, Auckland Katchafire Council, Auckland Reorganisation, Bill, Employment Relations Bill, English, In, In August, Local Government, Māori, National, New Zealand, Rodney Hide Memorial Council
related to France · 14
Filibuster → August, Before, France, French, Gaz, In France, July, June, National Assembly, Normal, October, Suez, The, The French

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