1.) I think a filibuster is the most pointless speaking in the Senate chamber, because the only reason for it, is to make people forget about what is most likely, an important vote. Being able to speak that long should not be allowed, and there is absolutely no speech that has taken place in history that has taken over 3 hours to completely get someone's point across. Honestly, if someone held me in a speech without a bathroom I would walk out if it had no point.
2.) Filibuster- An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required
Cloture- (in a legislative assembly) A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
3.) A filibuster originated to take media and minds off of a problem at hand. It is basically a really long speech given at the Senate chamber to prolong a voting for an issue at hand. A filibuster usually works to prolong a vote, but for this past one it was to
-Did you know the first longest filibuster was 24 hours 18 minutes long?
-Did you know the shortest filibuster was less than an hour and a half?
-Did you know there is more than 1 way to overthrow a filibuster?
-Did you know filibusters exist outside of the US?
-Did you know the cloture was adopted in 1917?
-Did you know the "Gang of 14" 7 democrats and 7 republicans voted in 2005 to only allow 5 filibusters against judicial nominations in extreme cirsumstances?
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