If, on the other hand, the objective of filibustering or the threat of filibustering is to give the majority an incentive to take better account of policy interests and preferences...
the constitutional authority to advise and consent found in the Senate for Presidential nominations is one of the Senate...
Examining the filibuster is essential to understanding how it has shaped our legislative process.
If the purpose and intent of a filibuster is to exercise a minority veto over legislation or a nomination or whatever, t...
This is really a good opening hearing.
This hearing is about more than the filibuster. It seems to me it is about the institutional role of the Senate and its ...
The Constitution's framers never intended the Senate to function like the House of Representatives.
These numbers, Mr. Chairman, demonstrate the level of cooperation in the House has dropped precipitously, if not off the...
filling the tree has become an unfortunate practice here.
the dynamics of the Senate obviously are different, so but let me ask a not entirely rhetorical question, and that is, w...
Is this different than the moments with Bill Frist and the nuclear option?