Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
filabuster .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word filabusters.
Examples
-
It would have been self-serving, since they would have been facing filabusters despite the 60 senators, but it would have looked magnanimous to the voters.
Matthew Yglesias » Winners and Losers in the Browniverse 2010
-
It would have been self-serving, since they would have been facing filabusters despite the 60 senators, but it would have looked magnanimous to the voters.
Matthew Yglesias » Winners and Losers in the Browniverse 2010
-
By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
Ed: By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
Ed: By inflicting pain upon them for their past transgressions, it is hoped that future “unfair filabusters” and what not can be avoided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
-
We need 60 dems to get anything done and stop the republican filabusters and its doable.
-
A majority of Congress plus the president could add Supreme Court justices that are partisan hacks; a majority of the Senate could get rid of filabusters by the nuclear option; the newly taken-over Federal government could then pack the state legislatures by imprisoning political opponents which the newly-packed Supreme Court will find constitutional; and newly-packed state legislatures could then pass Constitutional amendments that legitimate everything.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.