Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
The mere possibility that a senator might filibuster, which is so powerful that the actual filibuster almost never happens anymore because the threat alone kills the bill.
Federal law allowing citizens to request government documents, creating a slowpoke bureaucratic process for obtaining 'secret' information.
Senior government and opposition leadership in parliament, sitting at the front and controlling party strategy and legislative action.
A person who incites or advocates for rebellion, revolution, or radical social change; a provocative agitator. Metaphorically, a firebrand is someone who sets minds ablaze with inflammatory ideas and passion.
A highway robber or thief who travels on foot rather than horseback, historically common in 18th and 19th century England. The term can also refer to a soft cushioning on an animal's foot or the sole of a shoe.
A politician's reversal of a previously stated position—the cardinal sin of politics, because voters apparently prefer consistency to evolving views based on new information.
Mentally compromised or brainwashed by consuming biased, propagandistic media—particularly Fox News. A clever play on words suggesting someone's thought process has been corrupted by misinformation.
The informal measure of how long a senator can continue speaking, constrained by bladder capacity and the tolerance of C-SPAN viewers.
Repeated calls to fix the filibuster that fail because fixing it requires eliminating it, which requires 67 votes (or the nuclear option).