Republican senators are laying the groundwork to vote before Christmas on a Democratic-drafted resolution to circumvent the blockade that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) has placed in front of mo…
That is absolutely not what a filibuster is. A filibuster is immediately ended when 60 Senators vote to end it. So a filibuster requires 2/5 of the Senate to choose not to stop it.
If the military promotions had the same standard, all of these promotions would already have been granted.
Single person protests should be an option, but as I said, without more support in the Senate, a single person protest shouldn’t affect the functioning of the Senate as a whole.
A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
I am the one who brought up the term filibuster, and I was clearly specifically talking about the version we have in the US Senate, which works as I stated. A single senator cannot continue to filibuster if a cloture vote passes with 60 votes. I use the term “filibuster” because that is what it is called. It is called “filibuster” even if that is somehow not correct according to whatever other definition you find for the term. Any other version of filibuster would be off-topic.
I hope that this clears up any misunderstanding. If there was no misunderstanding, and your point was simple pedantry, you’ll discover to your dismay that I’m well-versed in arguing pedantics.
I didn’t say that I thought the filibuster was good.
That’s what a filibuster is. I disagree with you, single person protests should be an option.
That is absolutely not what a filibuster is. A filibuster is immediately ended when 60 Senators vote to end it. So a filibuster requires 2/5 of the Senate to choose not to stop it.
If the military promotions had the same standard, all of these promotions would already have been granted.
Single person protests should be an option, but as I said, without more support in the Senate, a single person protest shouldn’t affect the functioning of the Senate as a whole.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster
I’m using the word as defined
I am the one who brought up the term filibuster, and I was clearly specifically talking about the version we have in the US Senate, which works as I stated. A single senator cannot continue to filibuster if a cloture vote passes with 60 votes. I use the term “filibuster” because that is what it is called. It is called “filibuster” even if that is somehow not correct according to whatever other definition you find for the term. Any other version of filibuster would be off-topic.
I hope that this clears up any misunderstanding. If there was no misunderstanding, and your point was simple pedantry, you’ll discover to your dismay that I’m well-versed in arguing pedantics.