What is a filibuster? Why are they permitted in the Senate but not the House? Can you do anything to stop one? I have heard the practice of "talking a bill to death" in the Senate referred to as a filibuster. What exactly is a filibuster? Why do they happen only in the Senate? What is the purpose of allowing them? Can one Senator actually stop the entire Senate through a filibuster or is there something that can be done to bring one to an end? The word filibuster comes from the Spanish word filibusteros; a term used to describe...