Filibuster

:This article refers to the political act of filibustering, for other uses see Filibuster (disambiguation).

Filibusters in entertainment

The 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington climaxes with a young senator named Jefferson Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart, astonished to discover the corruption of his mentor, staging a filibuster to prevent his expulsion from the chamber long enough to expose the corruption.

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1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Jimmy Stewart

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On the TV show The West Wing, on episode #39 "The Stackhouse Filibuster" (Second Season, aired March 14, 2001), the senator Howard Stackhouse filibusters from a Friday afternoon through a good part of the night http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/39stackhouse.html.

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On the TV Show Mister Sterling episode #9 "Final Passage" senator Bill Sterling (Josh Brolin) stages a filibuster to block an education bill from passing without an amendment for prisoners education.

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