filibuster

By Susan Cornwell October 6, 2021 6:17 AM EDT To “filibuster” means to delay action on a bill or other issue by talking. The Senate filibuster first captured the American imagination in Frank Capra’s 1939 movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” when Jimmy Stewart’s character spoke for more than a day, and more recently in 2013 when…

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