On the final day of the Texas Legislative calendar, a bill to defund rural schools is up for a vote. Republican senator Andrea Gallagher of Hansford County spends $8hr$ on her feet talking about the importance of rural education. The clock strikes midnight and the session ends, preventing the unpopular bill from receiving a vote in this session. In this scenario, Gallagher successfully used a to prevent passage of this bill.

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