1) People who keep a filibuster going can talk about anything they want.
2) People who filibuster can not stop talking, even if they want to eat, drink, or use the bathroom.
3) Those people also cannot sit down or lean on anything.
4) A filibuster is when someone is objected to a certain bill and wants to prevent it from passing.
5) A bill goes to the House and to the Senate. When a filibuster occurs, it only happens in the Senate due to the limit of time for a speech in the House.
6) The conference chairman should be the head of the conference committee (right?). THe conference committee is the group that makes compromises on the bill that the House and Senate disagree on.
STACKHOUSE7) The Senator is allowed to yield for a question without yielding the floor.
Of course you can. You simply pick up the phone, you call the Conference
Chairman, and...
8) A filibuster can be initiated by a group of people.
Question
1) Why can people who filibuster be allowed to talk about something that is completely unrelated to the topic?
2) What is the origin of a filibuster? (Who came up with this idea?)
3) Why are the "rules" for a filibuster the way they are?
4) Are filibusters usually effective?
5) Can other senators leave the room to eat or drink, for example, while someone is filibustering?
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