An attempt to talk a bill to death and thus prevent it from coming to a vote in the Senate is a
A) discharge petition.
B) motion of cloture.
C) special rule.
D) filibuster.
E) franking.
Question 2
A filibuster is
A) an attempt to tie a bill up so long that it will never come to a vote in the House.
B) an attempt to tie a bill up so long that it will never come to a vote in the Senate.
C) a presidential intervention in the legislative process.
D) a means to call a bill to the floor of the House.
E) a means of giving new life to a bill.
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