#497 filibuster

filibuster- the process or an instance of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics

C16 from Spanish filibustero, from French flibustier, probably from Dutch vrijbuiter pirate, literally: one plundering freely

Some have long argued that the legislative filibuster should go because of its role in obstructing progressive legislation.

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