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Filibuster



A tactic used by a legislative representative to hinder and delay consideration of and action to be taken on a proposed bill through prolonged, irrelevant, and procrastinating speeches on the floor of the House, Senate, or other legislative body.



A filibuster is stopped by cloture, a legislative procedure that enables a vote to be taken on the proposed measure.

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