Legislative Tactic Crossword Clue

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	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	39%	11		Legislative delaying tactic
	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	36%	12		Legislative delay tactic user
	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

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Dilatory tactic
Capitol Hill talkathon
Delay legislation
Capitol Hill ploy
Intransigent senator's tactic
Horse-breaker, so to speak, delays proceedings
Block the passage, so to speak

Waste time by making long speeches
Speak at length to obstruct parliamentary proceedings
Loud and burliest one, possibly, to speak at length against the law
Young horse, say, with horse-breaker to produce delaying action
Delaying tactic to obstruct legislation
One with reserve retiring amid strain, delaying procedure
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunk

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