Thursday 18 July 2013

Origins of the Senate Filibuster


From http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-filbuster.html?m=1
With the filibuster back in the news (again and again), no one really believes the Democrats will get rid of it, but above is a video with noted political scientist (and the chair for my dissertation) Sarah Binder of George Washington University and Brookings giving a short history of it. Below is a graphic from the Washington Post that goes with it.

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