Multiple choice softskills leadership

filibuster

  1. block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches

  2. burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection

  3. compelling immediate action

  4. suave
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A filibuster is a tactic to delay or block legislation by making excessively long speeches, effectively talking a bill to death. It's most commonly used in the US Senate. B means cauterize (burn with hot iron), C means pressing (compelling immediate action), and D means urbane (suave).

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