Defending the Filibuster, Revised and Updated Edition - The Soul of the Senate

Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Arenberg served in senior congressional staff positions for 34 years as aide to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and Senators Paul Tsongas and Carl Levin. He is Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. Robert B. Dove is Parliamentarian Emeritus of the US Senate, having served as the Senate's Parliamentarian and Assistant Parliamentarian from 1966 to 2001. He is Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University, and George Mason University. Klappentext Richard A. Arenberg served in senior congressional staff positions for 34 years as aide to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and Senators Paul Tsongas and Carl Levin. He is Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. Robert B. Dove is Parliamentarian Emeritus of the US Senate, having served as the Senate's Parliamentarian and Assistant Parliamentarian from 1966 to 2001. He is Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University, and George Mason University. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Senator Olympia Snowe Preface 1. Soul of the Senate 2. Filibuster, Cloture, and Unfettered Amendment 3. History of the Filibuster 4. Polarized Politics and the Use and Abuse of the Filibuster 5. Criticisms of the Filibuster 6. The Dangers of Overzealous Reform 7. Related Tactics: Holds 8. Related Tactics: Filling the Amendment Tree 9. Circumventing the Filibuster: Reconciliation 10. Reforming the Filibuster: The Constitutional Option 11. Reforming the Filibuster: The Nuclear Option 12. Bring in the Cots 13. Defending the Filibuster 14. Looking Ahead Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Richard Arenberg, Richard A Arenberg, Richard A. Arenberg, Richard A. Dove Arenberg, Richard A./ Dove Arenberg, Arenberg Richard a, Robert Dove, Robert B Dove, Robert B. Dove, Dove Robert B
• Assisted by: With a New Foreword by Senator Olympia S (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2014
• EAN: 9780253016270
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01627-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Amerika, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LAW / Constitutional, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch