Editing Filibuster (section)

=== House of Representatives ===
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], the filibuster (the right to unlimited debate) was used until 1842, when a permanent rule limiting the duration of debate was created.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oleszek |first=Walter |date=1998-12-01 |title=A Pre-Twentieth Century Look at the House Committee on Rules |url=https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/Archives/pre20th_rules.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206151719/https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/Archives/pre20th_rules.htm |archive-date=2022-02-06 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules}}</ref> The [[disappearing quorum]] was a tactic used by the minority until [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] [[Thomas Brackett Reed]] eliminated it in 1890.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Litt |first=David |date=2021-03-08 |title=We Already Got Rid of the Filibuster Once Before |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/we-already-got-rid-filibuster-once-before/618201/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615225707/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/we-already-got-rid-filibuster-once-before/618201/ |archive-date=2022-06-15 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en}}</ref> As the membership of the House grew much larger than the [[United States Senate|Senate]], the House had acted earlier to control floor debate and the delay and blocking of floor votes. The [[magic minute]] allows party leaders to speak for as long as they wish, which [[Kevin McCarthy]] used in 2021 to set a record for the longest speech on the House floor (8 hours and 33 minutes) in opposition to the [[Build Back Better Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Kevin McCarthy breaks record for longest-ever House speech, talking for more than 8 hours to obstruct Biden's social-spending bill |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mccarthy-breaks-house-record-8hr-speech-block-biden-spending-2021-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119122548/https://www.businessinsider.com/mccarthy-breaks-house-record-8hr-speech-block-biden-spending-2021-11 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2021 |website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=McCarthy delays spending bill vote with longest speech ever on House floor |url=https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/spending-bill-vote |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119064055/https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/spending-bill-vote |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2021 |website=Fox News}}</ref>