They are filibustering to prevent the bill from passing.
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Filibustering
Synonyms for "filibustering" (26 found)
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Noun(10 words)
obstructobstructionismobstructionistobstructiverhetorical delaystallstallingstalling actorstalling rhetoricstonewall
Related word relations
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11 entriescommunication strategydelay tacticlegislative playerlegislative tacticobstructionpolitical actorpolitical strategypolitical tacticprocedural tacticrhetorical devicestrategic maneuver
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16 entriescontinuous talking filibusterdelaying motiondelaying tacticextended debatefilibustering blocfilibustering factionfilibustering senatorholding the floorlengthening deviceobstructionist tacticparliamentary filibusterred herring tacticspeech filibusterstalling tactictime extension tactictime wasting language
Collocations
17 entriesSenate filibusterdelaying tacticengage in filibusteringfilibuster tacticfilibustering behaviorfilibustering languagefilibustering rhetoricfilibustering speechfilibustering strategyfilibustering tacticlegislative obstructionlong filibusterminority leverageparliamentary filibusterprocedural stallspeech filibuster
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2 total sentences available.
No other interpretation could be put upon two of his most notorious filibusterings: […]
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