Senator John C. Calhoun was the first to use a filibuster in 1841. In opposition to Senator Henry Clay's proposed bank bill, Calhoun began a lengthy, unending rebuttal designed to leave no time for a vote on the bill. Clay threatened to change the Senate rules in order to end the debate but his effort was rebuked.
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