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A filibuster does not have a specific duration; rather, it is a tactic used to prolong debate and delay or block a vote on legislation. In the Senate, a filibuster can effectively require a supermajority of 60 votes to end debate and proceed to a vote, regardless of how long the debate continues. Typically, senators may engage in extended speech or procedural maneuvers to maintain the filibuster until a sufficient number of votes can be secured to overcome it.
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What is the long speech that is used to prevent the senate from voting a bill?
A filibuster
What would a long time consuming speech on the senate floor be called?
A filibuster
When a senator talks for a long time in order to keep the senate from voting on a bill?
Filibuster
When a senator talks for a long time on order to keep the senate from voting on a bill?
Filibuster.
Floor debates are what in the senate?
Floor debates are unlimited in the Senate. A senator has the right to speak for as long as she or he sees fit. This is called a filibuster.
A long time consuming speech on the Senate floor would be called?
This kind of speech is called a filibuster.
What happens when a senator talks for a long time in order to keep the senate from voting on a bill?
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A long time-consuming speech on the Senate floor would be called a .?
This kind of speech is called a filibuster.
How many votes does it take for a filibuster to happen?
The House of Representatives does not have a filibuster maneuver. The House has a Rules Committee that establishes when a bill will come to the floor and how long debate will be allowed. Filibuster is possible only in the United State Senate, which has no similar set of rules. Because Senate debate is set informally, every Senator has the possibility of speaking. A filibuster can occur when an individual Senator refuses to yield the floor to any other member. A filibuster can be blocked through a complicated process called cloture. Although a series of things have to occur in order to invoke cloture, the bottom line is that 60 Senators must agree to vote for cloture and stop a filibuster. So the short answer is - no filibuster in the House, only in the Senate; and in order to stop filibuster in the Senate, 60 votes are required.
What stops a fillibuster?
In the United States Senate, the rule used to stop a filibuster is called "cloture." With the approval of three-fifths of the sitting Senators, this rule sets a limit on how long the Senate can continue to debate a bill or other proposal before voting on it.
Why 60 votes needed for the health care bill in the senate?
This is so the Democrats can avoid a Republican filibuster. It takes 60 votes to stop the filibuster.Definition of filibuster: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposesFor rules on filibuster and cloture go to http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/filibuster.htm
What occurs when a senator delays the vote by talking it to death?
A "filibuster" is a procedure by which a senator can speak on a subject as long as he likes. As long as they do not break for water/bathroom/etc or in anyway yield control of the floor, a senator may speak as long as they like. Strom Thurmond famously filibustered the Civil Rights Act for over 24 hours. In modern times, the Senate doesn't actually require a senator to take the floor and speak to filibuster. All he must do is tell the party's floor leader, I believe.
