Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate
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Parliamentary obstruction, popularly known as the "filibuster," has been a defining feature of the U.S. Senate throughout its history. In this book, Gregory J. Wawro and Eric Schickler explain how the Senate managed to satisfy its lawmaking role during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, when it lacked seemingly essential formal rules for governing debate. What prevented the Senate from self-destructing during this time? The authors argue...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0691125090
ISBN13:9780691125091
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:6.0" x 9.3"
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