The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word FILIBUSTER , but the solution may also be POCKETVETO which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Legislative tactic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FILIBUSTER | 50 % | 10 |
| POCKETVETO | 50 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Legislative tactic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- filibuster
- measure
- pass
- apportionment
- block
- cloture
- dissolution
- division
- draft
- election
- enactment
- law
Crossword Answer definitions
FILIBUSTER noun- A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
- To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
- To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FILIBUSTER
- Talk, talk, talk
- Legislative stalling tactic
- Senate delayer
- Vocal marathon.
- Obstructionist tactic in Congress.
- Focus of Senate controversy.
- Obstructionist tactic.
- Occasional event in the Senate.
- Delay legislation
- Legislative tactic
More clues leading to the result POCKETVETO
- Presidential legislative weapon
- It will kill a bill
- Legislative ploy
- President's option
- President's option, and a hint to the puzzle theme in 17-, 22-, 35- and 45-Across
- Rarely used Oval Office strategy
- Presidential prerogative
- President's tacit disapproval of a bill.
- Presidential power.
- President's stratagem