Question

Which statement best describes an effect of the filibuster?

Answer 1

The second alternative is correct (B).

The obstruction is a resource used by parliamentarians in certain occasions to avoid the voting of certain matter while they gain time to try to obtain support to reverse the scoreboard of the voting. That is, it is an attempt to prevent the approval of a virtually approved project.

In general, the mechanisms used are pronouncements, requests for postponement of the discussion and voting, formulation of questions of order, exit from the plenary to avoid quorum or the simple manifestation of obstruction by the leader, which makes the presence of its leaders is no longer counted as a quorum.

However, it can also be termed as technical obstructionism when it uses regimental tools to postpone the voting of a proposition.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) it allows Senators to prevent a vote on Bills that would otherwise pass.

The statement that best describes an effect of filibuster is “it allows Senators to prevent a vote on Bills that would otherwise pass.”

In the United States Senate, filibuster is a tactic to delay or to block a bill, a resolution ora n amendment. Senators prevent those to be voted. Filibuster only can happen in the Senate. Once a Senator starts to speak on the floor, he or she can take any time they want to expose his/her arguments. The term filibuster comes from the Spanish word “filibustero” that could be translated as a “pirate”.