claim: senate democrats who left the state for weeks to delay a vote on union bargaining power exercised a "wisconsin filibuster" provided by the state’s constitution.
author: chris larson
evidence_1: the senate, on the other hand, will derive its powers from the states, as political  ... decisions made at the constitutional convention about the senate still shape  its ... has an equal vote regardless of his or her state's population, the senate  remains an .... but no single senator exercised central management of the  legislative ...
evidence_2: senate democrats who left the state for weeks to delay a vote on union  bargaining power exercised a "wisconsin filibuster" provided by the state's  constitution.
evidence_3: the nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the united states  senate to override a rule – specifically the 60-vote rule to close ... in november  2013, senate democrats led by harry reid used the nuclear option to ...  effectively, these provisions mean that the general 60-vote cloture rule in ...  weeks later, sen.
evidence_4: the united states constitution provides that the president "shall nominate, and  by and ... of the united states, whose appointments are not herein otherwise  provided for. ... the importance of the position, the qualifications of the nominee,  and the ..... in the final week of the congressional session, jackson nominated  attorney ...
evidence_5: wouldn't direct federal prosecutors to target marijuana sales in states that have  ...... majority in the senate, but democrats can block the house bill with a  filibuster and other ..... trump of violating the anti-corruption provisions in the u.s.  constitution after the ...... farage was behind britain's vote to leave the european  union.