what is a filibuster?

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How is it used against one party or another? Why does it seem like it would be easy to get rid of? Why does it exist?

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ELI5 how is filibustering even a thing?
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A previous thread on the topic.

All of the questions are answered in the first post except “why?” So to answer that before this gets removed for rule 7….

Because debate generally has rules. The idea of “having the floor” where only one person is allowed to speak is to prevent it from just devolving into an interrupting shouting match.

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