“filibuster” Charts

Why Senate Democrats Had To Invoke The ‘Nuclear Option’ »

A common mechanism used to gauge the frequency of filibusters is the number of “cloture motions” filed during a particular…

Michael Collier
by: Michael Collier
views: 186
Score: 2

Modern Partisanship Undermines Our Justice and Our Democracy »

Modern senators, of both political parties, have repeatedly resorted to the filibuster, once a seldomly used tool, to obstruct the…

Anthony Sibley (AJ)
by: Anthony Sibley (AJ)
views: 133

Filibusters Against Presidential Nominations Prevented »

By reducing the amount of votes needed to end any filibustering procedures against Presidential nominations in the Executive and Judicial…

Matthew Lawlor
by: Matthew Lawlor
views: 112

Longest Filibusters in History »

On September 25, 2013, Republican Senator Ted Cruz made the fourth longest filibuster speech of 21 hours and 19 minutes…

Matthew Lawlor
by: Matthew Lawlor
views: 204