WHEN I WAS A KID: we called these 'filibusters'
also, this is amusing:
"Because Senate rules require agreement from both sides to quickly confirm a nominee, the GOP cannot force a confirmation vote as long as a Democrat is present on the floor to object.
But if they fall asleep or stop paying attention, Santorum said the GOP will immediately confirm the nominees.
In turn, Daschle said if Republicans stop paying attention, they would immediately pass Democratic legislation like a bill to raise the minimum wage or one to create a tax credit to stimulate creation of manufacturing jobs."
Yes, that's right, the US Senate-- or was it the playground at my elementary school? So hard to keep that straight...
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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