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________ is a kind of talking that is used to stall legislation.

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A filibuster is a speech given in legislatures to stall the passage of laws. The modern filibuster is normally attributed to Charles Stewart Parnell, an Irish MP in the British House of Commons. He used this tactic to draw attention to the Irish MPs demand for home rule in Ireland.
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