this is not a fillibuster

our 9th grade ela/social studies teacher was ready to scream today. she said she is so tired of hearing people call whats going on in the senate a fillibuster. shes right its not a fillibuster. a fillibuster is literally when a senator stands in the middle of the senate floor and wont stop talking to prevent a vote.

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SomeMichGuy · M

No, that's a filibuster. No idea what a "fillibuster"[sic] is...

And she can scream all she wants, but the Senate can write its own rules per the Constitution and...well, you can both read about it in places like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
where it is noted that even the threat of a filibuster causes problems.

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Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@SomeMichGuy no her annoyance is that nobody seems to know what one is.

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