What is a filibuster?

Pagiedamon

A filibuster, or "talking out a bill", is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body. An attempt is made to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the proposal taking place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster Feb 11 09, 10:37 PM

tobertz_20

A filibuster is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who attempted to foment insurrections in Latin America in the mid-19th century. Filibusters were irregular soldiers who acted without authority from their own government, and were usually motivated by financial gain, political ideology, or the thrill of adventure. The freewheeling actions of the filibusters led to the name being applied figuratively to the political act of filibustering in the U.S. Senate. "Freebooter" is the more familiar term in European English, where "filibuster" normally refers to the legislative tactic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_(military) Feb 11 09, 11:30 PM

DPISHERE

A filibuster is the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filibuster Feb 12 09, 12:24 PM