On the recordApril 21, 2010
The filibuster, the routine filibuster was never anticipated by the framers when they purposely set out to design two very different institutions.
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congress.govTracey Mann: “The filibuster, the routine filibuster was never anticipated by the framers when they purposely set out to design two…”
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Mann explains that the filibuster was not intended by the Constitution's framers.
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