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Filibuster : Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate /

Parliamentary obstruction, popularly known as the 'filibuster, ' has been a defining feature of the U.S. Senate throughout its history. In this book, Wawro and Schickler explain how the Senate managed to satisfy its lawmaking role during the 19th and early 20th century, when it lacked seem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wawro, Gregory J. (Gregory John)
Other Authors: Schickler, Eric, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Obstruction in theoretical context
  • The mutability of senate rules
  • Where's the pivot?
  • Dilatory motions and the success of obstruction
  • Obstruction and the tariff
  • Slavery and obstruction in the antebellum senate
  • Obstruction and institutional change
  • Cloture reform reconsidered
  • The impact of cloture on the appropriations process.