ch 12 section d

no Senator may speak more than twice on any question in the same “legislative” day

two speech rule

leeway, range of action

latitude

an attempt to talk a bill to death

filibuster

The longest filibuster; 24hr and 18 minutes

Strom Thurmond

limits debate

cloture rule

established to produce a compromise bill acceptable to both houses

conference committee

refuse to sign

veto

Congress adjourns before the end of the ten-day period and the President has not signed the bill, the bill dies

pocket veto