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Longhorn_Fan68

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  1. Longest solo filibusters Below is a table of the ten longest single-person filibusters to take place in the United States Senate since 1900. Longest filibusters in the U.S. Senate since 1900[113][114] Senator Party Date (began) Measure Hours & minutes 1 Strom Thurmond (SC) Democratic August 28, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 (filibuster) 24:18 2 Alfonse D'Amato (NY) Republican October 17, 1986 Defense Authorization Act (1987), amendment 23:30 3 Wayne Morse (OR) Independent April 24, 1953 Submerged Lands Act (1953) 22:26 4 Cory Booker (NJ)[a] Democratic March 31, 2025 Protest against Trump Administration (filibuster) Ongoing 5 Ted Cruz (TX)[a] Republican September 24, 2013 Continuing Appropriations Act (2014) (filibuster) 21:18 6 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (WI) Republican May 29, 1908 Aldrich–Vreeland Act (1908) 18:23 7 William Proxmire (WI) Democratic September 28, 1981 Debt ceiling increase (1981) 16:12 8 Huey Long (LA) Democratic June 12, 1935 National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), amendment 15:30 9 Jeff Merkley (OR) Democratic April 4, 2017 Supreme Court confirmation of Neil Gorsuch (filibuster) 15:28 10 Alfonse D'Amato (NY) Republican October 5, 1992 Revenue Act (1992), amendment 15:14
  2. lol, now I see it's not ST. anyway, maybe something will come of this. probably not. we'll see!
  3. is he sitting? I thought sitting wasn't allowed
  4. good thing we didn't abolish the filibuster so ole Cory Booker can ramble to no one and affect absolutely nothing. might get a hospital stay, on our dime. so this is probably costing us money. farts
  5. Weird game. Fun result. Great team.
  6. party of free speech and small govmint at it again
  7. boy, he sure showed those new york elites!
  8. nm, wasn't ovi
  9. Ovi just scored again. Gretzky gonna start following him around now (that he's at 5 away)
  10. we're not that fucking lucky
  11. Man, i can't believe we have Rantanen and Johnston for years to come. And robo too. Oh, and Roope. And Otter. And Harley. Holy shit this team Oh! And miro! Fuck
  12. Anyone recall a two game away stint like we have in Seattle? I'm not sure I've ever seen the stars play the same team twice in a row on the road. They'll play tonight and chill till Monday. Kinda weird. But also kinda makes sense. Less travel and such
  13. that last bullet point was unnecessary
  14. omg why do you bother?
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