“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…
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…
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…
Longest Filibusters in History »
On September 25, 2013, Republican Senator Ted Cruz made the fourth longest filibuster speech of 21 hours and 19 minutes…