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Defending the filibuster : the soul of the senate / Richard A. Arenberg and Robert B. Dove ; foreword by Senator Mark Udall and Senator Ted Kaufman.
LIBRA JK1161 .A8 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arenberg, Richard A., 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. Senate--Freedom of debate.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Filibusters (Political science)--United States.
- Filibusters (Political science).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 Soul of the Senate 1
- 2 Filibuster, Cloture, and Unfettered Amendment 10
- 3 History of the Filibuster 19
- 4 Polarized Politics and the Use and Abuse of the Filibuster 28
- 5 Criticisms of the Filibuster 51
- 6 The Dangers of Overzealous Reform 66
- 7 Related Tactics: Holds 85
- 8 Related Tactics: Filling the Amendment Tree 96
- 9 Circumventing the Filibuster: Reconciliation 109
- 10 Reforming the Filibuster: The Constitutional Option 117
- 11 Reforming the Filibuster: The Nuclear Option 135
- 12 Bring in the Cots 142
- 13 Defending the Filibuster 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253001917
- 0253001919
- 9780253006981
- 0253006988
- OCLC:
- 773025033
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