FILIBUSTER FACTS

FILIBUSTER FACTS
Q & amp;A
Q. What does it mean?
A. To delay or stop action on a bill in the Senate through constant talking. 2) A long speech or series of speeches used to delay or stop action on a bill by consuming large blocks of time.
Q. Where did it come from?
A. Filibuster came into English by way of the French filibustier and then Spanish, where it became filibustero, which meant the same as freebooter. The term was later applied to legislative piracy in which an issue is plundered by oratory. The word use dates to 1858 but the practice is much older than that, with evidence dating to the Continental Congress of 1789. Filibusters were common in both chambers until 1841, when the House of Representatives grew weary of long debates and adopted its one-hour rule.
Source: The College Dictionary, Senate.gov