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Re:Livestream of Rand Paul Filibustering Reauthorization of ... by btilly on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @03:56PM (#9578845)
If he and his friends can keep talking, they can keep going until cloture is invoked. That takes a couple of days and 60 senators. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture#Procedure for the exact procedure.
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Re:Livestream of Rand Paul Filibustering Reauthorization of ... by vonmoltke on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @04:08PM (#9578934)
Since it isn't actually a filibuster, he has to yield the floor by 1PM Eastern tomorrow according to Senate procedure.
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