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Politics or Principle? : Filibustering in the United States Senate
Is American democracy being derailed by the United States Senate filibuster? Is the filibuster an important right that improves the political process or an increasingly partisan tool that delays legislation and thwarts the will of the majority? Are century-old procedures in the Senate hampering the...
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Washington DC :
Brookings Institution Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; 1. The Politics and Principle of the Filibuster; The Framers and Minority Rights in the Senate; The Modern Senate Filibuster; Revisiting the Received Wisdom; A Perspective on Institutional Change; Reforming the Senate; 2. The Original versus the Traditional Senate; The Framers and the Design of the Senate; Procedural Choices in the Original Senate; Legislating in the Original Senate; Conclusions; 3. Senate Tradition Revisited; Contours of Senate Tradition; Legislating in the Traditional Senate; Tradition Viewed from Within; Toward Cloture; Tradition Revisited.
- 4. Politics, Principle, and the Trivialization of the FilibusterThe Substance and Significance of Issues Subject to Filibusters; Partisanship and Filibusters; Patterns of Support and Opposition to Cloture; Patterns of Support and Opposition to Cloture Reform; Why Are There Not More (Trivial) Filibusters?; Conclusion; Appendix 4-A; Appendix 4-B; Appendix 4-C; 5. The Filibuster and the Little-Harm Thesis; Measures Killed by Filibuster; Beyond Measures Killed by Filibusters; The Filibuster and the Moderation of Legislation; Conclusion; 6. Senate Support for Limits on Debate.
- Placing Limits on Debate in the Standing RulesPlacing Limits on Debate in Statutes; Conclusion; 7. The Past and Future of the Senate; Lessons Learned: The Political Past of the Filibuster; When Is Reform Expected?; Proposals for Reform; Concluding Observations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.