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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2021
  • What is a filibuster and how do politicians use it to push their agendas? Here's an explainer of the age-old power play in politics.
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Комментарии • 220

  • @MikeSnap85
    @MikeSnap85 3 года назад +177

    In modern times we just call it spam.

  • @theseventhgeneration6910
    @theseventhgeneration6910 3 года назад +74

    Cancel the filibuster. We don't have time for that.

    • @ragingshibe
      @ragingshibe 3 года назад +2

      Its not that simple.
      The filibuster is a petty and cheap tactic legislators use to basically torture their colleagues into conceding into their demands.
      But at the same time, it can't be removed outright despite this cuz then the majority party has the power to keep the minority party from getting all their points out or even speaking cuz they can just claim the opposition speaking is using the filibuster and shut them down, which is a pretty undemocratic move and just as bad as keeping the filibuster the way it is.

    • @stormfalcon1232
      @stormfalcon1232 3 года назад +1

      @@ragingshibe Majority over minority is still better than minority over majority.

  • @Castle_Bravo.
    @Castle_Bravo. 3 года назад +194

    GOP: i am going to take as long as I want because I can
    Bernie: im here today to take as long as i can to explain to American people...

    • @jmb3608
      @jmb3608 3 года назад +26

      Good point: the difference between the two parties, or rather the GOP and Bernie and other democrats like him (so not many, unfortunately). Stay safe.

    • @greeneyedlady5580
      @greeneyedlady5580 3 года назад +8

      @@samkar2212 Jeff Merkley's filibuster (2nd to last one shown) against the nomination of Gorsuch was a worthwhile one, in support of the Constitution. Merkley is usually on the right side of issues, as is the other Oregon Senator, Ron Wyden. Both of them were among the few Senators who backed Bernie when he kept the Senate from leaving town for the New Year's holiday, as Bernie argued for larger direct payments and an improved Covid-19 relief bill.

    • @greeneyedlady5580
      @greeneyedlady5580 3 года назад

      @@samkar2212 What???

    • @jumrum
      @jumrum 3 года назад +1

      bernie actually voted with rand paul on the issue he was filibustering so take that as you wish

  • @Pier77Tampa
    @Pier77Tampa 3 года назад +89

    At the very least, some senators would read the Constitution to filibuster....Ted Cruz reads Dr.Seuss...just saying.

    • @khalimero99
      @khalimero99 3 года назад +5

      Well at least it is a bout trying some thing you don't like.
      one could say that is quiet progressive for Lying Ted..

    • @1darkironman1
      @1darkironman1 3 года назад +8

      Ted is trying his best to dumb down as much as he can for the people who voted for him but they might think green eggs and ham is code for some insane QAnon conspiracy theory

    • @JSkyGemini
      @JSkyGemini 3 года назад +3

      Seems to be a thing with loser republicans. I remember George W Shrub reading My Pet Goat when they told him the World Trade towers had been hit. Is this their actual reading level? It sure looks like it is for their base.

  • @mysliceoflife5420
    @mysliceoflife5420 3 года назад +27

    I'm seriously saddened that this is how our democracy plays out. These people know nothing of modern day America, but they make the choices for everyone. And these choices are bullied around by filibusters. Watching the Senate speak on almost any topic just makes me feel sick that they make the decisions for the rest of us.

    • @JSkyGemini
      @JSkyGemini 3 года назад +5

      I agree and I'm not even American. It's a glaring, very unflattering look at the US's politics. As if the last 4 years wasn't enough, people actually still vote for these fools. Moscow mitch, Lemingrad lindsey, susan he-learned-his-lesson collins...somebody even reelected these clowns.

    • @jacobcasmus1882
      @jacobcasmus1882 Год назад

      America doesn't have nor is a democracy. We are a Republic! People tend to forget that.

    • @tachobrenner
      @tachobrenner 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@jacobcasmus1882Democratic republic.

    • @michaelterrell5061
      @michaelterrell5061 10 месяцев назад

      Do you have a better alternative?

  • @CM13051
    @CM13051 3 года назад +9

    Shocker that Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are on this list 🙄

    • @stanislausklim7794
      @stanislausklim7794 3 года назад

      Rand Paul was filibustering the nomination of Brennan since Brennan was for the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists in the US without due process.

  • @SteadilyGrinding
    @SteadilyGrinding 3 года назад +46

    A "filibuster" sounds like a wrestling move you practice on your younger sibling...

  • @VSchwarcz
    @VSchwarcz 3 года назад +9

    That filibuster thing is outrageous! Your taxes being wasted

  • @zacharyminton73
    @zacharyminton73 3 года назад +9

    Seems childish and completely ineffective and pointless - if a filibuster has never stopped legislation from being passed, then what's the purpose?

  • @Icewind007
    @Icewind007 3 года назад +15

    It sounds like the people need to kicks these fools out and upgrade the idiocy going on at our expense.

  • @lillic8522
    @lillic8522 3 года назад +9

    Why not just walk out and let them filibuster all night long, and then come back and vote in the morning? Viewed from Europe, US politics is weird!!!

    • @martinplayz8645
      @martinplayz8645 3 года назад +3

      Yes, you don't have to be in the room listening to the person filibustering. But you can't hold a vote on a bill until the debate has ended which needs 60 votes

    • @bngr_bngr
      @bngr_bngr 3 года назад

      Hyping must not know about Italian politics

  • @Cbase125
    @Cbase125 3 года назад +6

    End the filibuster !!!

  • @IridescenceStudios
    @IridescenceStudios 3 года назад +23

    It still seems ridiculous to me that this is allowed. It's quite literally wasting time avoiding the issue.

  • @nostalgicwarframeplayer1231
    @nostalgicwarframeplayer1231 3 года назад +17

    I could have sworn I was watching The Onion

  • @victoriaborzillo4893
    @victoriaborzillo4893 3 года назад +9

    This is insanity. This is our represenators their clowns,so if this is filibustering there has to be time limit on speakers.

    • @lion-667
      @lion-667 3 года назад +2

      There should also be term limits on congress.

    • @NoflectioN
      @NoflectioN 3 года назад +1

      Lol representators? 😆

    • @stormfalcon1232
      @stormfalcon1232 3 года назад +1

      @@NoflectioN A lot of them don't represent us 🙂

    • @NoflectioN
      @NoflectioN 3 года назад +1

      @@stormfalcon1232 especially since there's no such thing as a represenator. There Is however Representatives and Senators 🤣

  • @chrisandlizsizemore8172
    @chrisandlizsizemore8172 3 года назад +20

    Despite the nefarious reasons and its use as strategic play, it's still an impressive feat - especially considering their 'age' and the ailments that come with it.

  • @kaitlnwhite6809
    @kaitlnwhite6809 3 года назад +41

    Surprised there’s no Mr. Smith Goes to Washington references here.

    • @TheIndianalain
      @TheIndianalain 3 года назад +3

      First image that came to my mind! What an unforgettable and moving performance by the immense Jimmy Stewart!

  • @jimmclean9312
    @jimmclean9312 3 года назад +13

    They could stop Rand Paul from Filibustering by making it a requirement that he actually made sense

    • @monotheisticmortal5122
      @monotheisticmortal5122 3 года назад +1

      Then he'd just go on for hours and hours debating and arguing about every single thing that he sees wrong about the bill in question, in short; nothing can really stop this man from filibustering for hours, senators like him have proven and said repeatedly that they won't stop until it will kill them to go on for any longer.

    • @joseortega-us6rn
      @joseortega-us6rn 2 года назад

      I got a better idea, bring his neighbor specialist in pain Dr. Rene Bouchere, he already gave Rant Paul a nice Whoop.

  • @jessetorres8738
    @jessetorres8738 3 года назад +9

    Here's my question: If pretty much everything decided/voted on in The House can get passed by just a 1 vote majority, then why is that not the case for The Senate/why do they need the filibuster?

    • @themotherclucker5046
      @themotherclucker5046 3 года назад +3

      The republicans eliminated the filibuster (everything needs a simple majority) in the house while in the senate that move has not yet been done

    • @thrawn7600
      @thrawn7600 3 года назад +4

      Ask that to republiCons.

    • @bngr_bngr
      @bngr_bngr 3 года назад

      @@themotherclucker5046 Aaron Burr wasn’t a Republican

    • @Ilovegrunge123
      @Ilovegrunge123 3 года назад +1

      @@thrawn7600 Sinema and Manchine are for keeping the fillibuster.

    • @zacharymarentette5269
      @zacharymarentette5269 2 года назад +3

      Because the Senate is different from the house. The House is intended to act on the behalf of the majority of the country, the Senate in response is to be used as a check, guaranteeing that anything that is to be passed is not especially disastrous to those in the minority.

  • @kdawson020279
    @kdawson020279 3 года назад +9

    "Now the room must listen to me
    Filibuster vigilantly
    My name is blue Canary
    One note spelled l-i-t-e"
    Thanks to They Might Be Giants, that word has been in my vocabulary since 1990.

  • @spookyboi8446
    @spookyboi8446 3 года назад +1

    Only thing people ahould know about the filibuster is that it should be thrown in the garbage along with all of the other failed political tools.

  • @McNessie101
    @McNessie101 3 года назад +12

    I still don’t understand what’s to be gained by obstructing the passing of a bill simply by talking at length

    • @y4b1006
      @y4b1006 Год назад

      Minority party can actually have some form of power in congress

  • @msmith1418
    @msmith1418 3 года назад +9

    I wish God gave THEM *ALL* Laryngitis.

    • @monotheisticmortal5122
      @monotheisticmortal5122 3 года назад +2

      *excepting those who didn't actually block any bills, especially those who made effective speeches such as Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy + Cory Booker.

  • @user-fo3ug3cr4m
    @user-fo3ug3cr4m 3 года назад +9

    I can recommend the Bernie Sanders Lofi filibuster.

  • @susanbodell194
    @susanbodell194 3 года назад +12

    Paul looks like Alice. 😂. And his master is in Florida swamp land. 🤓

  • @levil7324
    @levil7324 3 года назад +3

    "Everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate, then the fighting, and the bitterness, and the gridlock will only get worse." - Barack Obama

  • @kathleenbrewer4870
    @kathleenbrewer4870 3 года назад +1

    Bring it back NO fillibuster

  • @OhLookItsJonBoy
    @OhLookItsJonBoy 2 года назад +1

    Each party hates the filibuster when they’re not in power.

  • @aldamato1048
    @aldamato1048 3 года назад +3

    I do not intend to yield. The filibuster ensures that there’s compromise on various issues. Keep the filibuster. Chris Murphy shouldn’t use the filibuster, he said he was against it.

    • @olddoug8945
      @olddoug8945 2 года назад

      THE FILIBUSTER DOES NOT ENSURE COMPROMISE. IT GIVES A SMALL MINORITY THE MEANS TO DEFEAT THE MAJORITY. IT IS UNAMERICAN TRASH.

  • @ec6052
    @ec6052 3 года назад +3

    But to be fair Bernie has given longer toasts...

    • @Daniea3
      @Daniea3 3 года назад +1

      Sanders used the filibuster for good. To stop Bush's tax cuts to corporate America and cut disability benefits.

    • @ec6052
      @ec6052 3 года назад +1

      @@Daniea3 And the sky is blue. Two things that didn't need an explanation lol

  • @fusadiluna
    @fusadiluna 3 года назад +8

    I still don't understand what a filibuster is

    • @archevenault
      @archevenault 3 года назад +10

      Politicians trying to drag something out as long as possible because they dont like something

    • @teddyjones3093
      @teddyjones3093 3 года назад +5

      It's a tool that Senators use to prevent something from passing with a 51 vote majority. When the filibuster is used, the legislation being voted on needs a 60 vote majority, which is usually impossible to get cause of partisanship.

    • @mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207
      @mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207 3 года назад +9

      Here we go again with another 4 years of no progress because stupid senators.

    • @martinplayz8645
      @martinplayz8645 3 года назад +10

      Basically: You need 60 votes to pass a bill instead of 51. It was meant to encourage Senators to work together to find a compromise but it's just caused the Senate to become completely paralyzed

    • @Pier77Tampa
      @Pier77Tampa 3 года назад +4

      Basically stalling, keep the Country hostage

  • @fwily2580
    @fwily2580 2 года назад +1

    Why are you shaming someone who is committed to the people they represent?

  • @anthonymalone4714
    @anthonymalone4714 3 года назад +2

    So basically trolling each other🙄

  • @chucknorris1920
    @chucknorris1920 3 года назад +2

    What is wrong with American politics...

    • @JSkyGemini
      @JSkyGemini 3 года назад +1

      What's right would have a much shorter answer.

  • @MartsEntertainment
    @MartsEntertainment 3 года назад +1

    The fact we actually allow anyone to get in the way of legislation is disgusting.

  • @chinomoreno7654
    @chinomoreno7654 3 года назад +1

    In third country, from primary vote to the senate room vote by simple majority (50 +1% vote), in the greatest democracy country in the world, voter register, garrymander, win by electro colege, and filibuster...etc...

  • @omiaht
    @omiaht 3 года назад +3

    only in Merica.....

  • @maxfriis
    @maxfriis 3 года назад +1

    The filibuster is needed because of the flawed nature of a two party system. It's only twice as good as a one party system. In one party systems there are no dialogue and learning. In a two party system you need the filibuster to have dialogue and learning.
    In a ten party system the legislators have to communicate and shop around for a majority and whoever is willing to give in most on there principles will get real influence. Also if you happened to vote for a small party your representation still have influence if they chose to. In a two party system you need a filibuster type arrangement or 49% of the representatives are always ignored once the 51% figure out they can do that and call it democracy.
    Democracy is an honest open conversation where disputes are settled by vote if compromise can't be found.

  • @Daniea3
    @Daniea3 3 года назад

    Sen Sanders also stopped cutting disability benefits.

  • @Hardeleiar
    @Hardeleiar 3 года назад +1

    I am confused about this tactic. so one guy just have the right to keep talking and talking.... can't the senate pass the law the next day? or the law has to be pass on that day?

    • @lenny7822
      @lenny7822 2 года назад +2

      The point of Filibuster is to delay as much as possible. Imagine the first day they filibuster, second day another guy filibuster, and then on and on. This would delay the presidents agenda long enough that his other things he wants to do, now he can't. And when election comes around, He's most likely gonna get voted out because "He promised all that stuff, he has the house and the senate with him why couldn't he get his stuff done". I hope this explains it a bit!

  • @erickruckenberg8716
    @erickruckenberg8716 3 года назад +2

    The legal scapegoat to behave like Eric Cartman

  • @texasrepojoe6755
    @texasrepojoe6755 3 года назад

    In 1964 the democrats had the longest filibuster in US history. It lasted 75 days. Do you know what bill they were trying to prevent from becoming law?
    The civil rights bill.

  • @asherthomas7753
    @asherthomas7753 3 года назад +1

    All I need to know about the filibuster is that it needs to stay in place

  • @MariselaR.da1daOnly
    @MariselaR.da1daOnly 3 года назад +2

    So when the one guy went to the bathroom at 4am did they vote in his favor or against him? If they waited til then i will guess they voted against him?

    • @greeneyedlady5580
      @greeneyedlady5580 3 года назад +2

      They passed what he was trying to obstruct.

    • @MariselaR.da1daOnly
      @MariselaR.da1daOnly 3 года назад +2

      @@greeneyedlady5580 wow, so all that talking and they got him anyway on a bathroom break?!?! He was probably very upset that day! To be a fly on the wall when he came back from the restroom! Lol thanks for your reply. I am definitely interested in looking into that piece of history now.

    • @greeneyedlady5580
      @greeneyedlady5580 3 года назад +1

      @@MariselaR.da1daOnly You're most welcome.

  • @AbsoluteNut1
    @AbsoluteNut1 3 года назад

    Filibuster; get rid of it. Unlimited Presidential pardons? GONE! Electoral College? Freaking joke, gone. Riders and amendments? No more. And, the one thing that REALLY needs to go: The GOP.

    • @olddoug8945
      @olddoug8945 2 года назад

      THE ONE THING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO GO: DARK MONEY.

  • @iawaki
    @iawaki 3 года назад +8

    Yes I like green eggs and ham 👆🏻😂

  • @mukelorata2100
    @mukelorata2100 3 года назад +1

    2010’s Bernie looked as old as today’s Bernie. He hasn’t aged.

  • @bentcn8511
    @bentcn8511 2 года назад

    MLK JR predicted the filibuster abuse.

  • @chris5483
    @chris5483 10 месяцев назад

    What a joke.

  • @cloggietony
    @cloggietony 2 года назад

    How stupid can they be?

  • @janea4777
    @janea4777 3 года назад +1

    Rubio should stick to quoting Bible verses on Twitter.

  • @nextuplevelup4119
    @nextuplevelup4119 3 года назад +1

    Crooks

  • @tharunzachariahjacob6981
    @tharunzachariahjacob6981 3 года назад

    How can y'all waste time like this?!?

  • @RoGersVision
    @RoGersVision 3 года назад +1

    What about Mr. Smith goes to Washington 😂

  • @Maplelust
    @Maplelust 3 года назад

    it's always sunny already gave me all the information I needed.

  • @sunsiren8571
    @sunsiren8571 3 года назад +1

    Wait and watch what Marjorie taylor greene does with it, arghhh

    • @stormfalcon1232
      @stormfalcon1232 3 года назад +1

      She's not a senator, thank god. And the House has already eliminated the filibuster,

  • @chrisninamartinez3851
    @chrisninamartinez3851 3 года назад +1

    WHATTTTT???? THIS EXIST????

  • @stevefromsaskatoon830
    @stevefromsaskatoon830 3 года назад

    So what's the exact strategy for filibustering? , I don't get it they didn't explaine that part . Why does it help them to delay the vote by plus or minus 24 hours?

  • @horoszkodevora360
    @horoszkodevora360 2 года назад

    This is why people think politicians are bad...what grown up reads Dr Seuss? He's one of our countries leaders, childish, selfish, self serving mentalities. Ughh just fustrating

  • @jasonhenning9748
    @jasonhenning9748 Год назад

    Strom Thurman…he seems like he stood for what he believes in. Literally

  • @rqrs2301
    @rqrs2301 3 года назад

    I'm disgusted by this whole scene

  • @idkwhatnametochoose6197
    @idkwhatnametochoose6197 3 года назад

    1:10 Yes it has, you’ve just got the wrong reason.

  • @zebontheweb
    @zebontheweb 3 года назад

    Tax money hardly at work.

  • @karenKristal
    @karenKristal 2 года назад +1

    if you want to do a bit of filibustering you want Cory B on your team! I bet the republicans were like 'ohhhh godddddd' when they realised it was his turn lol

  • @pateudy6633
    @pateudy6633 3 года назад

    We have to work under a Republican government

  • @malachidaklown6114
    @malachidaklown6114 3 года назад +1

    Humanz don't make sense to me....like....AT ALL!!!!!😕

  • @PhamNicolas99
    @PhamNicolas99 3 года назад

    USA is such a joke 😂😂😂

  • @kathleenbrewer4870
    @kathleenbrewer4870 3 года назад +1

    15 minutes is long enough. Understand what
    Say the truth and it's over

  • @sarahemf
    @sarahemf 3 года назад

    Goodness if you can’t get your points across in less then an hour then you need to reconsider your speech. Why waste the government, the people’s money on lengthy speeches. And go back to a simple a majority to pass things. Because it creates a back log and no progress

  • @czgibson3086
    @czgibson3086 3 года назад

    How can America be described as a functioning democracy as long as the filibuster exists? All it achieves is legislative gridlock.

  • @shawnshell5961
    @shawnshell5961 3 года назад

    This appears to be a third grade playground fight.

  • @cybercery5271
    @cybercery5271 3 года назад +1

    This is quite funny to watch

  • @angelmendiola2002
    @angelmendiola2002 3 года назад

    Huey Long 🇺🇸

  • @moia9518
    @moia9518 3 года назад

    Filibuster is great

  • @bubbercakes528
    @bubbercakes528 2 года назад +1

    This sickens me. Watching republican senators act like they represent all of the people and not just the rich.

    • @kgsniper4850
      @kgsniper4850 2 года назад

      What I heard about the Republican Party and Democrat they apply both to the rich just different types of rich.

  • @kukluxklan9521
    @kukluxklan9521 3 года назад +1

    Breadliners better get used to the filibuster as well,senator manchin isn't going to let the breadliners take over

  • @skyclintliquit7814
    @skyclintliquit7814 3 года назад

    Filipinos: El Filibusterismo???

  • @erickruckenberg8716
    @erickruckenberg8716 3 года назад

    People who filibuster had nothing to their way in life and this is how they took it back

  • @katharinesantana7147
    @katharinesantana7147 3 года назад

    As a proud Latina in the USA, I'm so glad we have a filibuster. This is and should always remain part of our system. I'm sad to see such a biased video spreading low-level information in hopes to rally enough support from people to push for its removal. It's essential to our democratic republic. Like it or not.

    • @Chargedolt
      @Chargedolt 3 года назад

      Katharine Santana it's literally just a political temper tantrum. These people need to go find some reason and good arguments instead of frustrating people into doing what they want.

  • @lottat6420
    @lottat6420 3 года назад

    Bernie is the only one I could stand to hear.

  • @6FigureTrigger
    @6FigureTrigger 3 года назад

    As if both sides don't do it. The party blindness is pathetic af

  • @Lyela.East.
    @Lyela.East. 3 года назад +3

    First

  • @timmylewis3287
    @timmylewis3287 Год назад

    Now this. Tell me the 1989 Tiananmen massacrer happen and I will believe you

  • @user-rl2hk4cl7d
    @user-rl2hk4cl7d Год назад

    fillbuster not mistake

  • @CameronBrtnik
    @CameronBrtnik 3 года назад +3

    What a coincidence..the filibuster was "a mistake" and so was Ted Cruz!