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Filibuster Time in U S Senate Sparks Marathon Talk
The article describes a long running filibuster in the U S Senate aimed at a bill barring illiterate voters with sixth grade education from federal office candidate eligibility. It notes team and solo filibusters led by Southern senators and figures like Ellender Proxmire Humphrey Morse Thurmond Mansfield Wilson in a period of extended debate as cloture looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Southern Senators
Lawrence J. O'Connor
Federal Power Commission
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
O’connor
United States Senate
Julius Caesar
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Cau
Wayne Morse
Caesar
Mike Mansfield