What makes you believe that their desire to resume talks is nothing more than a delay tactic?

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Cloture was invoked last night, 89 to 5, but Republicans are still forcing the Senate to burn time in a blatant delay tactic.

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Carevich countered that the claim of uncertainty a delay tactic.

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But some Democrats portrayed Lott's decision as a tactic to delay action on tobacco.

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Another tactic is delay.

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There is nothing to suggest that we will not see a similar tactic used to delay drilling indefinitely.

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Lord Strathclyde said it was a "political tactic designed to delay a bill concerning elections to the House of Commons".

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But they dropped the filibuster stalling tactic, the first time it had ever been used to delay confirmation of a defence secretary, on Tuesday after a week-long recess.

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However useful as a pressure tactic, actually indicting Lewinsky for perjury would have guaranteed a long trial and an even longer delay in the prosecutor's pursuit of his real targets.

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