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What do you call it when loads of amendments are put forward in order to obstruct a bill? Filibuster? Stonewall? I believe there's a special term for it.

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Googling "amendments to stall bill", I've run into "amendment gridlock".
thehill.com "Energy bill stalled..."

"Filibuster" means giving a long speech. "Stonewall" is for any sort of obstruction where the metaphor fits.

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  • So 'stonewall' fits, doesn't it?
    – Sergey Zolotarev
    Apr 16, 2020 at 14:56
  • Not well, I think. It connotes something less active than a flurry of amendments - something more like a stone wall, like ignoring or refusing to answer or to act in any way.
    – Jack O'Flaherty
    Apr 16, 2020 at 16:45

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