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With Congress likely facing several upcoming battles over issues including the need to raise the debt ceiling and President Obama's nominations for crucial posts such as the secretaries of state and defense, the Senate's rules for filibustering are coming under scrutiny. Brookings experts examine the current rules and how they may impede legislative progress, and offer suggestions on how to balance the need to maintain the rights of the minority with the need to pass new legislation.
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December 2, 2010, Sarah A. Binder, Gregory Koger, Thomas E. Mann, Norman Ornstein, Eric Schickler, Barbara Sinclair, Steven S. Smith and Gregory J. Wawro
November 29, 2012, Sarah A. Binder
December 30, 2012, Sarah A. Binder
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[Filibustering of a presidential nominee is] just sort of emblematic of senators pushing their powers here into an area where we traditionally said that senators are willing to defer to the president. January 11, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, National Public Radio
[Filibustering of a presidential nominee is] just sort of emblematic of senators pushing their powers here into an area where we traditionally said that senators are willing to defer to the president.
It's gotten much worse, and it’s not just the Congress, it’s the whole American political system. We have incentives now for a political party, in this case the Republican opposition party, to do whatever it can to destroy the president. June 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
It's gotten much worse, and it’s not just the Congress, it’s the whole American political system. We have incentives now for a political party, in this case the Republican opposition party, to do whatever it can to destroy the president.
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May 28, 2010, Sarah A. Binder
Interview | NPR's All Things Considered
May 18, 2005, Sarah A. Binder
Interview | The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
May 16, 2005, Sarah A. Binder
Interview | C-SPAN
April 5, 2005, Sarah A. Binder
Interview | The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU)
March 30, 2005, E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Interview | NPR's Morning Edition
January 4, 2005, Sarah A. Binder
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Sarah A. Binder
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
@BinderSAB
Thomas E. Mann
The W. Averell Harriman Chair