What exaclty is the point of doing a filibuster?
Senator Paul spoke for 13 hours but in the end like this article shows
Senator ends filibuster of Brennan CIA nomination - Yahoo! News
just like other filibusters the senator eventually stops as my understanding is you have to continue to talk about anything (right) without stopping.
So all this really does is just stall the vote of whatever the Senate is trying to pass. However at the end of it the Senate is still going to vote right?
Has there ever been a case where a filibuster goes on long enough to stop a vote?
Senator Paul spoke for 13 hours but in the end like this article shows
Senator ends filibuster of Brennan CIA nomination - Yahoo! News
just like other filibusters the senator eventually stops as my understanding is you have to continue to talk about anything (right) without stopping.
So all this really does is just stall the vote of whatever the Senate is trying to pass. However at the end of it the Senate is still going to vote right?
Has there ever been a case where a filibuster goes on long enough to stop a vote?