Omaha senator has promised to filibuster every bill

On Thursday the Legislature’s agenda had 18 bills that could potentially come up for debate. The first was LB147. Legislative Bill 147 has to do with property taxes but you wouldn’t know that by listening in on the debate. “Reading about the differences between Malcom X and Martin Luther King…” “The first thing I'm proud of is the bill Robert Hilkamen prioritized for me…” “For me, personally, I don’t care if you know who I vote for, I will tell you who I vote for, for committee chairs,” said Senator Machaela Cavanaugh during Thursday’s debate. Cavanaugh’s disjointed conversations are part of a well-known political tool, the filibuster, sometimes referred to as talking a bill to death.