Republicans are also on a record setting pace for filibusters:
More certain, however: Opposition Republicans are using the delaying tactic at a record-setting pace. "The numbers are astonishing in this Congress," says Jim Riddlesperger, political science professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.Republicans view themselves as the ruling party when they're in and out of power. It's as if we didn't even vote.
The filibuster, using seemingly endless debate to block legislative action, has become entrenched like a dandelion tap root in the midst of the shrill partisanship gripping Washington.MSNBC