Legislation has also often been defeated or modified by the mere threat of a filibuster. All the bills listed above. however. except the force bill. the armed ship resolution. and the socalled civil rights bills. were eventually enacted. in some form. Legislation delayed or defeated by filibustersContinued Bills: Year Canadian reciprocity bill ----------- 1911 ArizonaNew Mexico statehood --- 1911 Ship purchase bill ----------------- 1915 Armed ship resolution -------------1917 Oil and mineral leasing bill and several appropriation bills ---------- 1919 Antilynch bills (3) ---- 1922. 1935. 193738 Migratory bird bill ---------------- 1926 Campaign investigation resolution- 1927 Colorado River bills (Boulder Dam project) (2) ----------------1927. 1928 Emergency officers retirement bill-- 1927 Washington public buildings bill--- 1927 Nationalorigins provisions in immigration laws. resolution to postpone --------------------------- 1929 Oil industry investigation --------- 1931 Supplemental deficiency bill ------- 1935 Work relief bill ("prevailing wage" amendment) --------------------1935 Floodcontrol bill -----------------1935 Coal conservation bill -------------1936 Antipoll tax bills (4) -------------- 1942. 1944. 1946. 1948 Fair employment practices bill (2)__ 1946. Numerous appropriation bills. For a partial list of 82 such bills failed from 1876 to 1916. pp. 1015210153.
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