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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeeing During Filibusters, Explained
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/peeing-during-filibusters-explained-wendy-davis
Update (6/27/2013): This morning, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that, according to Joel Burns, who holds Sen. Davis' former Fort Worth City Council seat, Davis was equipped with a catheter during her filibuster. When contacted to confirm, Davis' office responded that the senator "made all necessary preparations."
1. Steam baths and a surreptitious urine bucket:
Thurmond, who completed the longest federal filibuster in US history (24 hours, 18 minutes) in 1957, took the minimalist route with a bucket. His aides set it up in the cloakroom so that Thurmond could pee while keeping one foot on the Senate floor.
2. When without a bathroom, bring the bathroom to you!
In 2001, then St. Louis Alderwoman Irene Smith staged a filibuster during a City Hall debate to protest a ward redistricting plan that she believed would have hurt the city's black communities. Nature called, but rather than yielding the floor and ending her filibuster, Smith's aides came down and surrounded her with a sheet, quilt, and tablecloth while she relieved herself in a trash can. Here's video of the incident:
3. Astronaut bags and a light diet
4. Catheters
5. Adult diapers
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Thank god they didn't bother to tell us what happens when a filibusterer experiences some fecal urgency.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)StrayKat
(570 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)I give her major points for her dedication-and bravery! While being filmed, no less.
I liked watching that Board President's discomfort, though, I have to admit
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)There IS an advantage to being female sometimes!
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)--what is the point? People have to pee in a trashcan?
This is idiotic.
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