The Constitution grants a members of congress three main duties. These duties are writing laws, overseeing the implementation of them, and serving the needs of the constituents. Clearly, Congress is very powerful. But not everything is so clear when it comes to congress. There are many lop holes and weird rules that play a role in lawmaking, the Congress thoroughly exercises its power to oversee the federal bureaucracy, and case work can often affect a member 's attention when it comes to litigation. When it comes a lawmaking there are many things in congress which can affect it. Such things are the Senate filibusters, House Rules committees, and the Conference committee. The filibuster is used when members of senate are unhappy with
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Senate laws allows any member or group of members of senate to speak for as long as he, she, or they wish. When a member is unhappy with the law or Bill and wants to prevent it from even being voted on, sometimes if desperate enough he would speak for hours on end to legally block the vote. This is act is called a senate filibuster. This fits exactly with the Oxford dictionary definition. To block a filibuster 60 of 100 members need to currently be in favor of a bill. This means a filibuster can be used as a power move. If the party with a minority has over 40 votes they can filibuster to prevent the bill from being passed even if there are enough votes to do so. Additionally, senators often make his, hers, or their intent to filibuster a bill known to others, in order to prevent a vote from being scheduled. Just upon the mention of a possible filibuster, the senate will often drop a bill. The reason for the fear of the filibuster is because not only can a member speak for as long as he or she wishes, they can also speak about anything he or she wishes. One person famous for his filibusters is Sen. Huey Long, often to waste time he would recite
Senate laws allows any member or group of members of senate to speak for as long as he, she, or they wish. When a member is unhappy with the law or Bill and wants to prevent it from even being voted on, sometimes if desperate enough he would speak for hours on end to legally block the vote. This is act is called a senate filibuster. This fits exactly with the Oxford dictionary definition. To block a filibuster 60 of 100 members need to currently be in favor of a bill. This means a filibuster can be used as a power move. If the party with a minority has over 40 votes they can filibuster to prevent the bill from being passed even if there are enough votes to do so. Additionally, senators often make his, hers, or their intent to filibuster a bill known to others, in order to prevent a vote from being scheduled. Just upon the mention of a possible filibuster, the senate will often drop a bill. The reason for the fear of the filibuster is because not only can a member speak for as long as he or she wishes, they can also speak about anything he or she wishes. One person famous for his filibusters is Sen. Huey Long, often to waste time he would recite