Record Breaking: Senate Conservatives Use Filibuster for 62nd Time in This Session of Congress

U.S. Newswire, December, 2007

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Anne Thompson of Campaign for Americas Future, +1-202- 587-1614

New Report Shows How Conservative Minority Rules by Filibuster, Preventing Up or Down Vote on a Record Number of Bills

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Republican Senate minority today filibustered an omnibus budget bill, setting a modern-day record for blocking the most legislation during a congressional session. A new report released today by the Campaign for Americas Future details the 62 times conservatives have used the filibuster to block legislation (or force modification of bills) in the first session of the 110th Congress. In just the first year of this two-year Congress, their use of the filibuster in the Senate topped the previous record,...