Another word for filibuster

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filibuster

delaying tactic, hindrance, postponement, interference, opposition, procrastination, delay, obstruction to congressional action, obstructionism, stonewalling, holding the floor, peroration, long-windedness.

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A filibuster at the end of the 65th Congress caused the Senate to adjourn without confirming the appointment, but the President made him a " recess " appointee.
As an avowed expansionist, Pierce sympathized with the filibuster government set up in Nicaragua by William Walker, and finally accorded it recognition.
Acting upon the instructions of Castelar, Jovellar gave up the filibuster vessels, and those of the crew and passengers who had not been summarily shot by General Burriel.