claim: "i was filibustered."
author: rob portman
evidence_1: apr 5, 2017 ... what is a “filibuster” anyway? a procedural method primarily used by the minority  party to delay or block legislation (or in this case, ...
evidence_2: oct 21, 2016 ... a conservative party lawmaker on friday filibustered a bill that would pardon gay  men still alive but who were convicted in the past of ...
evidence_3: using the filibuster to delay or block legislative action has a long history. the term  filibuster -- from a dutch word meaning "pirate" -- became popular in the 1850s ...
evidence_4: feb 15, 2013 ... senate republicans don't want to call what they're doing to chuck hagel a  filibuster. it's really hard to define the word in such a way that it isn't.
evidence_5: 1964: civil rights filibuster ended -- june 10, 1964.