Politics or Principle? Filibustering in the United States Senate

Research and Commentary

The 'Nuclear' Option for Ending Filibusters

Sarah A. Binder, NPR's Morning Edition, January 04, 2005

Research and Commentary

This Battle Isn't New: The Filibustering of Judicial Nominations

Sarah A. Binder and Steven Smith, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 06, 2005

Research and Commentary

Filibusters a Great American Tradition

Sarah A. Binder and Steven S. Smith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 25, 2003

Research and Commentary

Gridlock on Capitol Hill

Sarah A. Binder, Guardian Unlimited, October 20, 2007

Research and Commentary

A Gallery of Might-Have-Beens: There's More Than One Way to Fail the Senate Confirmation Test

Sarah A. Binder, The Washington Post, April 24, 2005

Research and Commentary

The History and Use of Filibusters in the U.S. Senate

Sarah A. Binder, C-SPAN, April 05, 2005

Research and Commentary

A Nomination for Change in the Senate: Process for Confirming Judicial Appointees in Desperate Need of Reform

Forrest Maltzman and Sarah A. Binder, Roll Call, June 19, 2000

Research and Commentary

Institutional Reform Proposals for the 105th Congress

Sarah A. Binder, Organization, Study and Review Committee of the House Democratic Caucus, July 31, 1996

Research and Commentary

The Senate Strangles Itself

Sarah A. Binder, The New York Times, July 13, 1996

Research and Commentary

Harriet Miers Nomination

Thomas E. Mann, The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU), October 10, 2005

Research and Commentary

Estrada Caught In 'Poisonous' War Based on Ideology

Thomas E. Mann, Roll Call, March 05, 2003

Book

Courts and Congress

Robert A. Katzmann, April 22, 1997

Expert

Sarah A. Binder

Research and Commentary

Learning From Filibusters Past

Sarah A. Binder, NPR's All Things Considered, May 18, 2005

Research and Commentary

The Filibuster Debate

Sarah A. Binder, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, May 16, 2005

Research and Commentary

The Difficulty of Reforming Senate ""Holds""

Sarah A. Binder, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, June 17, 2003

Research and Commentary

Post-Election Wrap-Up

Sarah A. Binder, NPR's Talk of the Nation, November 06, 2002

Research and Commentary

The Senate as a Black Hole: Lessons Learned from the Judicial Appointment Experience

Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

Going Nowhere: A Gridlocked Congress

Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution, December 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

The Disappearing Political Center: Congress and the Incredible Shrinking Middle

Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1996