The founding fathers viewed the Senate as a place where heated rhetoric could cool down, but today the upper chamber is just as fiercely partisan as the House. In this week’s @ Brookings podcast, expert Sarah Binder describes the origins of the filibuster and why the idea of allowing one Senator to block Senate business has its place in history.
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Podcast@ Brookings Podcast: The Senate Filibuster
May 28, 2010
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