See hold the floor on Wiktionary
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"text": "... floor of the Senate under which it is possible for a Senator to take the floor, and then an understanding be reached that he will hold the floor over the night recess and have the floor at the beginning of the next day's session.",
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"text": "23 presiding officer to recognize first the majority leader when no other Senator holds the floor and the majority leader seeks recognition . This precedent is the structural basis for the majority leader's capacity to propose unanimous[…]",
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