Filibuster
Noun / ˈfiləˌbəstər /

Definition:

1. A Senate rule used before the Civil War to protect the practice of slavery, resurrected in the Jim Crow era to allow senators to repeatedly block anti-lynching and voting rights bills. 
2. A loophole that allows a small minority of senators to block legislation. It’s been used by Republicans to prevent climate change legislation, obstruct gun violence prevention bills, block voting rights expansion, stop Medicaid expansion, and much more. 
3. An archaic mechanism that allows Mitch McConnell and senators in the minority to retain their power despite their losses. 

As President Obama said, it’s a “relic of the Jim Crow era” and needs to go if we want real progress.

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