Politics or principle? : filibustering in the United States Senate /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Binder, Sarah A.
Other Authors: Smith, Steven S., 1953-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution ©1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctv80cb1h
Table of Contents:
  • The politics and principle of the filibuster
  • The original versus 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.