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标 题: The five longest filibusters, per Senate records
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Mar 7 00:35:11 2013, 美东)
Strom Thurmond — 24 hours, 18 minutes: At the time, the South Carolina
senator was a Democrat, who was railing against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
. To fill the time, Thurmond read the election laws of all 48 states that
were then part of the union.
Alfonse D'Amato — 23 hours, 30 minutes: In 1986, the New York Republican
once known as "Senator Pothole" took to the floor to protest an amendment to
a defense bill that would have blocked funding for a jet fighter built in
his state.
Wayne Morse — 22 hours, 26 minutes: The Oregon Democrat's talkathon in 1953
was against a bill to give states control over oil leases.
Robert LaFollette — 18 hours, 23 minutes: The Wisconsin Republican in 1908
halted efforts on a bill to allow the U.S. Treasury to lend money to banks
during fiscal crises.
William Proxmire — 16 hours, 12 minutes: In 1981, the Democrat from
Wisconsin gave a fiery speech against raising the nation's debt limit. |
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