21. The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the
snail's pace that prevails even in the best of times in
congressional sessions and tests the endurance of
everyone associated with it, seems more and more
an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
I'm not sure about the meaning and the structure of the ",..., " part of the sentence.
here, is the structure
, a parliamentary device
that slows (the snail's pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions )
and tests( the endurance of everyone associated with it),
i.e.
a parliamentary device that slows and tests
or
, a parliamentary device that slows the snail's pace
that prevails( even in the best of times in congressional sessions)
and tests( the endurance of everyone associated with it),
i.e.
the snail's pace that prevails and tests
I want to make clear the structure and the meaning of the ",...,"part of the sentence ?
Can any NN help?
Thanks in advance.
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