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Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate Hardcover - 2010
by Gregory Koger
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- Title Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate
- Author Gregory Koger
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2010-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226449647 / 0226449645
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History, Filibusters (Political science) - United
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009041748
- Dewey Decimal Code 328.730
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- New York Review of Books, 09/30/2010, Page 22
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New. In the modern Congress, one of the highest hurdles for major bills or nominations is gaining the sixty votes necessary to shut off a filibuster in the Senate. But this wasn't always the case. Both citizens and scholars tend to think of the legislative process as a game played by the rules in which votes are the critical commodity - the side that has the most votes wins. In this comprehensive volume, Gregory Koger shows, on the contrary, that filibustering is a game with slippery rules in which legislators who think fast and try hard can triumph over superior numbers. "Filibustering" explains how and why obstruction has been institutionalized in the U.S. Senate over the last fifty years, and how this transformation affects politics and policy making. Koger also traces the lively history of filibustering in the U.S. House during the nineteenth century and measures the effects of filibustering - bills killed, compromises struck, and new issues raised by obstruction.…
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