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Originally Posted by Vanilla
Just a few weeks ago, I spent nearly 13 hours filibustering this bill. I stood up to filibuster the bill because Texas Republican leaders would rather pursue a partisan agenda than help Texas women. I stood to oppose the bill because it rolled back constitutional rights and would reduce the number of women's health clinics from 42 to 5, thereby threatening the health and safety of thousands of Texas women.
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Ok just clarifying from the OP does filibustering basically mean she talked for 13 hours to prevent them having the opportunity to vote on a bill that would otherwise have been passed? How is that even legal that a lone senator can block the passing of a bill that way? Couldn't any lobby group then fund someone to block whatever they feel like and undermine the whole democratic process?