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Antonyms for Filibuster
ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tərfil·i·buster

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  1. filibuster, filibusterernoun

    a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

    Synonyms:
    filibuster, filibusterer

  2. filibusterverb

    (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

    Synonyms:
    filibusterer

  3. filibusterverb

    obstruct deliberately by delaying

How to use Filibuster in a sentence?

  1. Morgan Harper:

    What we're actually talking about is clearing the path for legislation that's going to support the needs of working people throughout our country, and the filibuster is a roadblock to doing that.

  2. John Thune:

    When Trump was in the White House… and made repeated pleas to the Republican Senate to try and get rid of the filibuster, we resisted that. The reason we did is because we knew someday we would be in the minority.

  3. Mazie Hirono:

    I am very open to revisiting the whole filibuster question, i was one of the people who actually thought the filibuster protected minority perspectives, but notice we are in the minority and our views are ignored most of the time. So I would like to talk about filibuster reform, sure.

  4. Jason Snead:

    There’s been a lot of really heated rhetoric that, I think, has been designed to distract from what is really going on in state election reform and to build pressure to get rid of the filibuster, fundamentally change the way the Senate operates, that’s what this speech is going to be about. That’s what this entire week is going to be about, in a lot of respect.

  5. Stephany Spaulding:

    If we don't eliminate the filibuster to pass federal voting protections, we're once again allowing White minority rule to govern this nation.

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