Filibustered!
How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America
New York ; London : The New Press, [2024]
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 232 pages ; 22 cm
"The U.S. Senator from Oregon who is leading the fight to restore the talking filibuster explains how changing just one rule could save our democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Gridlock -- The Code -- Pirates in the Senate -- The defining struggle -- The Code strikes back -- Defending Jim Crow -- The myth -- Backfire -- Turbocharged obstruction -- Byrd's nuclear template -- A "filibuster rebellion" -- Going nuclear -- Heads I win, tails you lose -- A battle for the soul of the nation -- The endgame -- Finishing the job.
Subjects:
United States. Congress. Senate -- Freedom of debate.
Filibusters (Political science) -- United States.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Freedom of debate.
Filibusters (Political science) -- United States.
ISBN:
9781620977989
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
Lower Richland | Nonfiction | Just Ordered |
Includes bibliographical references and index.