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James Stewart as Jefferson Smith stands in the Senate chamber surrounded by piles of letters and baskets of mail, addressing a group of seated men in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

filibuster: Media

parliamentary tactic

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James Stewart as Jefferson Smith stands in the Senate chamber surrounded by piles of letters and baskets of mail, addressing a group of seated men in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Classic filibuster scene

Jimmy Stewart in the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), in which...

© 1939 Columbia Pictures Corporation; photograph from a private collection

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