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in the 1930s , senator long read recipes from a cookbook for 15 hours during a Senate debate. his action is an example of

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The answer is filibuster. He read that long document for the purpose of delaying a legislation that he or his party is opposed to. In order to keep it from being approved and passed, he decided to prolong the process through reading this book.

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