In recognition of this fact, members of Congress have introduced legislation to clear a path towards legal . (List of Co-sponsors) . On September 21, 2010, Democrats in the Senate failed to end a Republican filibuster against the defense bill, .

The term "filibuster" had been in use for centuries to refer to independent .

Mar 2, 2010 – The History of Filibusters in the US Congress . part of increased transparency, it also contains a list of the cloture motions filed by for each bill. .

Dec 16, 2010 – Despite this, Lachapelle touts Reid's record in overcoming filibusters. Of the 132 cloture votes in the 111th Congress, at least 24 have failed. .

10 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Feb 16, 2010Page 3 -Filibusters - Cloture Motions - 111th Congress Speak Your Mind. . If you go back to the senate website where you located the list of .

Jan 6, 2011 – JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST . As the 112th Congress marks its opening days, the Republican Party has a . Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said recently, “Here at the close of the 111th Congress, the abuse of the filibuster has been .

Feb 18, 2010 – Political party (ab)use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate . listing the number of motions filed for cloture for each Congress since 1919 (the 66th .

Jan 5, 2011 – To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules . all were enacted in the 111th Congress after overcoming filibusters; .

It's a reusable database of congressional information put out there for anyone to build new tools out of. . Here's a list of websites using data assembled by GovTrack . game where you can play musical chairs with the committee leadership of the incoming 111th Congress. Filibusted.us: Who is filibustering the most bills? .

Dec 31, 2010 – The past two years in the U.S. Senate has been one of filibuster after filibuster . As the 111th Congress hurtles to a close, more and more bills are dying . Here's a complete list of cloture motions from the Senate.gov website. .

Dec 23, 2010 – Bloomberg News headlined, “No Congress Since '60s Makes as Much Law as 111th Affecting Most Americans.” Here's a list of some of the more .

Mar 1, 2010 – With 10 months left to run in the 111th Congress, Senate Republicans have turned to the filibuster or threatened its use at a pace that will more .

Dec 1, 2010 – Senate Republicans promise filibusters until tax issue resolved. . complete a laundry list of other bills in the final weeks of the 111th Congress. .

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Feb 17, 2009 – by fredtopeka in politics Tags: filibusters, politics . throughthe end of the 111th Congress (click on the graph to see a larger version) . on nominees–this is not exact since there is at least one name that is not in both lists): .

Dec 23, 2010 – By the time the 111th gaveled out yesterday, everyone .

Jan 4, 2011 – Harry Reid set a record during the 111th Congress by becoming the . most successful Majority Leader in history at killing attempted filibusters. .

Dec 23, 2010 – 111th Senate Breaks A Filibuster Record . keeper, Dems held fewer votes to invoke cloture this Congress than last -- 91 compared to 112. .

Jan 5, 2011 – The filibuster -- a parliamentary procedure that allows a single . 91 cloture votes were taken in the 111th Congress -- almost "four times the 24 .

Jan 3, 2011 – A filibuster — the catchall term for delaying or blocking a majority vote . Now add to that list the 111th Congress, which is finally slated to wrap .

Jan 3, 2011 – Harry Reid won 69 percent of efforts to overcome filibuster threats, giving . that Reid set the record during the just completed 111th Congress. .

Nov 16, 2009 – In fact, the current 111th Congress may break the record number of filibusters for a two-year session by the end of the first term. Less than a .

Feb 12, 2010 – [McClatchy] Prior to the 110th Congress, the record number of cloture . 111th Session: (to date) 74 filibusters filed, 42 cloture votes, 38 cloture votes successful . [Senate] A list of cloture motions filed during 2009 and 2010 is .

Aug 23, 2010 – After a series of Republican filibusters blocking their legislation, some . and the 111th Congress has not produced an exception to this rule. .

With the new session of Congress quickly approaching, here's a look back at the most-opposed bills of . House this session, but are dying in the Senate because of record filibustering and divisiveness. . The 111th Congress "worked more days in 2009 than they have in any year since 1995, when the . See our Twitter List .

Sep 1, 2009 – But those moderate Dems MUST make it clear that they have demolished, obliterated and wiped out the filibuster in the 111th congress. .

12.1 Elections; 12.2 Membership lists . . See also: Active Legislation .

Jan 3, 2011 – Filibuster reform proposals aren't intended to get all legislation crammed through . The 111th Congress had double the filibusters of the 110th .

Jan 2, 2011 – Harry Reid set a record during the 111th Congress by becoming the chamber . EMILY's List Backs Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts Senate .

Jul 28, 2010 – According to the Senate historian's office, which provides a list of the . Currently, the 111th Congress (2008-2010) has had 65 cloture votes. .

Feb 12, 2010 – Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to limit and often derail Democrats' initiatives, paralyzing . The list just keeps growing," said Norman Ornstein, an expert on Congress at the . . Cloture votes in the 111th Congress .

Jan 27, 2009 – Yesterday, Senator David Vitter publicaly pledged to filibuster any attempt to pass the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) in the 111th Congress. .

Dec 31, 2010 – M., a leading proponent of filibuster reform, told ABC News. . In the 111th Congress, which ran from 2009 to 2010, Democrats successfully .

Jan 3, 2011 – According to a New York Times editorial on Sunday, January 2, the filibuster was used 275 times in the 111th Congress – the one that just .

Jan 4, 2011 – The just-concluded 111th Congress saw 91 filibusters, compared to less than two dozen during the entire 19th century. During the eight-year .

President pro tempore (list) . The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a . . In response to the use of the filibuster in the 111th Congress, all Democratic senators returning to the .

Jul 21, 2010 – By Dylan Matthews bswainbank asks: How many senate filibusters/cloture votes have taken place during 111th Congress? What were the .

As it turns out, while the GOP in the 111th Congress has turned to the filibuster at more than double the previous Democratic rates, Barack Obama's nominees .

May 25, 2011 – After the 111th Congress, filibuster reform is going to be very high on the list of demands of Democratic rank-and-file, and the longer we .

Jun 22, 2010 – The legislative accomplishments of the 111th Congress have been shaped by senators' actual or threatened use of the filibuster and responses to it. In. . At the end of this post I list selected references that are main, but not .

Dec 22, 2010 – . but the 111th Congress ended up with a surprisingly long list of . and its filibusters, told the Beacon that the 111th was an active Congress. .

Jan 4, 2011 – Following his remarks, panelists talked about the use of the filibuster and . to Senate Republicans use of the filibuster in the 111th Congress.

Jan 10, 2011 – Between January 9th and today, the 111th Congress has registered a whopping 132 moves to filibuster. That's about 130 too many.

Dec 28, 2010 – Considering the damage the filibuster has done over the past two years, our . Ron Paul, rather ironic & disappointing, topped the list for having the biggest . .. 111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses .

Jan 5, 2011 – Senate Averaged 70 Filibusters Per Year In Last Two Sessions. As reported by the National Journal: "As the 111th Congress hurtles to a close, .

Oct 22, 2008 – List of Filibusters in the 110th Congress . out from Wes Clark on October 23rd, 2008, there were 94 filibusters so far in the 110th Congress. .

Feb 18, 2010 – I haven't yet discovered an authoritative source listing the number of times the . * *This figure assumes the 111th Congress will file 75 cloture .

McConnell and Senate Republicans like the filibuster now, but they didn't .

Mar 1, 2010 – . 111th Congress took office 14 months ago have been blocked in the Senate . Conservative Blogger ADMITS Republicans Can't Win on Filibuster . evident last Tuesday, when House leaders made public a list of 290 bills .

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