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I should have been more specific. The 24 hour marathon filibuster, the longest in history, put him in this position. There were others who filibustered the Civi
by purephase 10y ago
I should have been more specific. The 24 hour marathon filibuster, the longest in history, put him in this position. There were others who filibustered the Civil Rights Act bills, but none of them made such a dramatic show of it.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoByrd filibustered for 14 hours. Sorry, that might demonstrate that Thurmond had better bladder control, but that's about it.