Gang of 14 Gang of 14 The Gang of 14 was a phrase coined to describe the bipartisan group of Senators in the 109th United States Congress who successfully, at the time, negotiated a compromise in the spring of 2005 to avoid the deployment of the so-called "nuclear option" by Senate Republicans over an organized use of the filibuster by Senate Democrats. The term alludes to the phrase "Gang of Four", used in China to refer to four ex-leaders blamed for the abuses during the rule of Mao Zedong. Senate Democrats used the filibuster to prevent the confirmation of conservative appellate court candidates
Social-Political Group Social-Political Group The Social-Political Group (; ) was a political faction in Switzerland. The faction was originally known as the Democratic Group, and consisted of a coalition of parties from different cantons, including the Extreme Left party () from Ticino and the Democratic Group from Graubünden. In the 1919 federal elections the faction won four seats. Although it was reduced to three seats in the 1922 elections, it won five seats in the 1925 elections. However, it was reduced back to three seats after the 1928 elections. In 1931 the faction was renamed the Social-Political Group, and won only two