What term is used to describe the practice of delaying or obstructing legislation by means of prolonged speeches, motions or amendments?
Standing Rules of the United States Senate general, however, the right to unlimited debate is preserved. The filibuster is an obstructionary tactic used to defeat bills and motions by prolonging debate indefinitely. A filibuster may entail, but does not actually require, long speeches, dilatory motions, and an extensive series of proposed amendments. The longest filibuster speech in the history of the Senate was delivered by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over twenty-four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Senate may end a filibuster by invoking cloture. In most cases, cloture requires the support of three-fifths of
By Fair Means or Foul By Fair Means or Foul By Fair Means or Foul (later also released as Pro Boxing Simulator) is a boxing video game first published for a range of 8-bit home computers in 1988 by Superior Software. It was later reissued with the new title by Codemasters who also published conversions for 16-bit computers. The game offers a variety of boxing moves including fouls. The game received mixed reviews. The game can be played either as a two-player versus game or single-player against the computer. The objective of the one player game is to attempt to become the World Champion by