To delay or obstruct legislation by giving long speeches in a parliamentary debating process, so as to ‘talk out a bill’, i.e., ensure that the debate is prolonged beyond the deadline for passing a bill which would otherwise have been approved. The noun filibusterTo delay or obstruct legislation by giving long speeches in ... refers to a person who does this, or to the act of filibustering, which is commonly done by more than one person acting together. There are occasional cases of lone filibusters standing and talking for several hours without a break. Filibustering may be used for purposes that have lots of popular support, or virtually no popular support. The term entered US politics from American-
