Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 65 procedural hurdles 62 procedural hurdle 60 filibuster 57 overcome procedural hurdles 57 filibusters 55 stalling tactics 54 GOP filibuster 52 cloture vote 50 cloture 50 supermajority 48 ANWR drilling 47 bureaucratic obstacles 47 filibuster proof 46 delaying tactics 46 Majority Leader Harry Reid 45 roadblocks 45 partisan wrangling 44 filibustering 44 filibuster proof majority 44 filibustered 43 recess appointments 43 senators 43 Paycheck Fairness Act 43 obstacles 43 procedural 43 AMT fix 43 unanimous consent 43 GOP moderates 42 judicial filibusters 42 lame duck session 42 veto override 42 judicial nominees 42 Senate 41 Republicans 41 obstructionists 41 partisan rancor 41 Senate conferees 41 omnibus spending 41 Sotomayor nomination 41 partisan gridlock 41 deadlocks 41 veto 41 barriers 40 amendments 40 quorum 40 partisan bickering 40 obstructions 40 Democrats 40 judicial nominations 40 bureaucratic hurdles 40 obstructionism 40 Filibuster 40 roadblock 39 gridlock 39 vetoes 39 Alito confirmation 39 logjams 39 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 39 override veto 39 Reid D Nev 39 Majority Leader Bill Frist 39 postelection session 39 legislation 39 Legislature adjourns 39 proposed constitutional amendment 39 Senate Judiciary Committee 39 impediments 39 Judiciary Committee 38 nays 38 D Nev 38 objections 38 appropriations bills 38 omnibus appropriations bill 38 logjam 38 thirds majorities 38 Appropriations committees 38 forest thinning 38 Sen. Mike Enzi 38 Reid D-Nev. 38 recess appointment 38 legislatively 38 Bill Frist R-Tenn. 37 Congress adjourns 37 Alito nomination 37 Hoyer D Md 37 amendment 37 underbrush 37 poison pills 37 partisan divide 37 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 37 Dianne Feinstein D Calif 37 stalling tactic 37 John Cornyn 37 obstructionist 37 hurdle 37 Senate Majority Leader Harry 37 Frist R Tenn 37 Stupak amendment 37 regulating greenhouse gases 36 Congress reconvenes 36 ANWR