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Politics or principle? : filibustering in the United States Senate / Sarah A. Binder and Steven S. Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Binder, Sarah A.
Other Authors: Smith, Steven S., 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, ©1997.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Freedom of debate.
Filibusters (Political science) > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The politics and principle of the filibuster
  • The original versus the traditional Senate
  • Senate tradition revisited
  • Politics, principle, and the trivialization of the filibuster
  • The filibuster and the little-harm thesis
  • Senate support for limits on debate
  • The past and future of the Senate.

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