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Filibuster

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 film by Frank Capra

thumb|right|252px|United States Senator Warren R. Austin speaking during an all-night filibuster

Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957

longest U.S. Senate filibuster

thumb|Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 November 1919 reporting the first use of cloture by the [[United States Senate]] Cloture (, ), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.

filibuster in the United States Senate

method of legislative obstruction in the US senate