Definition of "filibusters" []

• Plural form of filibuster. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filibuster. (verb)

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• "Back in the Dark Ages, the R Senators threatened to use the ‘Atomic option’ or something like that to prevent filibusters from the Ds. I think they threatened to change the rules."
• "The avoidance of “real” filibusters is a bipartisan problem."
• "Republicans under Bush actually got a bunch of Democrats to vote for those cuts most times; and many of the rest of the Democrats would have refused to sustain filibusters to block Republican tax cuts under Bush."