| 11. | We are going to stay at it, filibuster or not,
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| 12. | But Lott promptly prepared to begin a filibuster against the bill.
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| 13. | It takes 60 votes to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.
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| 14. | But the legislation then died in a Republican-led filibuster.
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| 15. | After Foster cleared committee hearings, Gramm set out to filibuster.
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| 16. | His 22-hour filibuster remains a record for the chamber.
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| 17. | Also, Democratic senators in caucus Tuesday decided against a filibuster.
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| 18. | But the bill died in a Republican-led Senate filibuster.
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| 19. | Boxer says she is prepared to filibuster the issue if necessary.
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| 20. | One GOP option would have been to filibuster other pending bills.
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