Oswalt is guest starring on Parks and Rec this week and he improvised this filibuster scene in which he goes into great detail about what the plot to a seventh Star Wars would be (it includes Iron Man!). It’s worth watching the full 8:43.
A filibuster, plus friendly relationships with key Senate elders, has made Paul newly popular in Congress, where his father spent lonely decades as Dr. No. “
Just one Dem participated in Rand Paul’s thirteen-hour filibuster against drone strikes. The defense: “A distraction” that just “didn’t feel like a constructive venue.”
Rand Paul’s filibuster made for strange bedfellows in the punditocracy. Here’s a breakdown ranked from most supportive of Rand to least.
Rand Paul ended a dramatic, old-fashioned filibuster early Thursday morning having held the floor for 13 hours to rail against the administration’s drone program. The internet responded with pee jokes.
“This is an issue that does get people together who believe in liberty – on the left and right.”
“Twitter is woven through the DNA of this filibuster, taking an obscure legislative process into the public space,” says Wilson.
He needed to use the bathroom.
“One of my favorite things about being in D.C. is being able to see things like this in person,” one late-night audience member said.
Senator Rand Paul filibusters vote on CIA director nominee John Brennan over the use of drones against Americans on U.S. soil. Here are the highlights.
With a potential filibuster of an appeals court nominee, the administration ramps up the pressure on Senate Republicans. Caitlin Halligan’s nomination didn’t go forward in 2011, but President Obama renominated her this year.
Changes to arcane Senate rules will speed work on some bills, but the filibuster lives to blockade another day.
Sad news in politics today as Republicans in the Senate successfully filibustered a defense authorization bill that would have opened the door to repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell with a final vote of 56 to 43. No word yet on how much Lady Gaga’s speech influenced their decision. Read More ›
The “Cash for Clunkers” bill, which would have paid people for their old cars in an effort to get people off the road, and purchasing new cars, has had it’s share of problems, but now it is facing a filibuster and will probably be killed.
