There is a filibuster going on right now... regardless of your

[Vida Winter]

political affiliation, if you want to illustrate what a fillibuster looks like to your students, tune into cspan -- this does not happen very often:

 

http://www.c-span.or...-Video/C-SPAN2/

[laundrycrisis]

I had our sons watch for a few minutes, so they will have the opportunity to remember. I remember things from when I was a child - Nixon on TV, and the Iran hostage crisis. I know they can't understand much right now, but I wanted them to have the opportunity to remember.

[albeto]

thanks!

[PinkyandtheBrains.]

Thank you for sharing!

[In The Great White North]

Time to watch Mr Smith Goes to Washington!

[Lucy the Valiant]

Pretty sure I just found DS7's ideal career option: THE FILIBUSTER.

[Vida Winter]

Just realized I spelled it wrong in the title - ACK. Filibuster. Filibuster. Filibuster.

[tex-bex]

Katie, we said the same thing about my DS9! That kid can talk a blue streak! :D

[Dana]

Just realized I spelled it wrong in the title - ACK. Filibuster. Filibuster. Filibuster.

 

:)

 

I think with the new boards you can go back and edit your title!

[charcat13]

My oldest has been into it because Rand Paul is our senator.

[Vida Winter]

 

:)

 

I think with the new boards you can go back and edit your title!

 

Thank you! Still getting used to the format.

[Dana]

If you're going to filibuster, that's the way to do it. None of this "We'll filibuster unless you give in!"

[Lucy the Valiant]

Katie, we said the same thing about my DS9! That kid can talk a blue streak! :D

 

Right?!

 

Put my kid up there talking about a Lego diagram of the potential Congressional budget, and oh, yeah, did you know there's a bone in your ear the size of a single grain of rice? And - what was I talking about? - oh, yes, the budget - you know, that reminds me of a lot of other really interesting words that start with B. There are a lot of animals that start with B . . . some of them live deep in the ocean . . . did you know you can actually travel a whole mile down under? And that there are galaxies that nobody has ever visited? And there's this really cool number called infinity . . . nobody knows if it's odd or even, even the really smart engineering college students at church . . . but oh yeah, Mr. Andrew at church, he can tell a really good story about Little Jeffy . . . I don't think Little Jeffy likes to do math, though, you know, Mom? It's funny, because when you learn about fictional characters, sometimes they don't have a "rest of life" like we do, like they only do the things in the story, not the other things like brushing your teeth or cleaning up your room. It's like they don't really exist. I think that's why they're called fiction. But animals are not fiction . . .

 

 

Those esteemed Senators would be LINED UP to sign any bill under the sun just to get out of there! HAHAHAHAHA!

[mom2scouts]

I'm fascinated by the idea of a filibuster. Does that mean I'm becoming a nerdy homeschooling mom?

[Pawz4me]

My boys were watching it, rather fascinated. They even did some research about Strom Thurmond's epic filibuster.

[Mom0012]

I didn't think filibusters were rare any more. My ds gets a news magazine for students and he sometimes reads the articles out loud to me. One of them said that filibusters used to be rare, but now have practically taken over, with there being something like 170/ year. Was this incorrect info.? I remember being completely shocked when my ds read the article to me, so I'd love to know if it was wrong.

[Nscribe]

Actual filibusters (the Senator takes the floor and engages in continuous speech) are rare. The last one was in 2003 and was done by Harry Reid (think I have that right).

 

What happens is that the threat of a filibuster frequently is made and instead of having one occur, negotiations to resolve the issues begin. These threats, formal or informally made are what the articles refer to and reformers seek to address.

[Mom0012]

Actual filibusters (the Senator takes the floor and engages in continuous speech) are rare. The last one was in 2003 and was done by Harry Reid (think I have that right).

 

What happens is that the threat of a filibuster frequently is made and instead of having one occur, negotiations to resolve the issues begin. These threats, formal or informally made are what the articles refer to and reformers seek to address.

 

Thanks for the explanation!

[LucyStoner]

I didn't think filibusters were rare any more. My ds gets a news magazine for students and he sometimes reads the articles out loud to me. One of them said that filibusters used to be rare, but now have practically taken over, with there being something like 170/ year. Was this incorrect info.? I remember being completely shocked when my ds read the article to me, so I'd love to know if it was wrong.

 

You need 60 votes in the Senate to reach cloture and move to a vote on the bill or nomination. These days, when a bill doesn't have the support of 60, but would pass with 51-59 votes, the media calls it a filibuster or the threat of a filibuster and like the pp said, negotiations usually occur to reach the 60 number instead of a Senator actually taking the floor and reading the phone book or similar. The list of actual filibusters in the 20th century is surprisingly quite short. Some of them are just plain embarrassing, like Strom Thurmond filibustering civil rights bills.

[tex-bex]

Am I the only one singing "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants?

 

Filibuster vigilantly. :p