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Author Koger, Gregory.

Title Filibustering : a political history of obstruction in the House and Senate / Gregory Koger.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations
Series Chicago studies in American politics
Chicago studies in American politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Illustrations; Preface; I. Foundations; II. The Historic Congress, 1789-1901; III. The Modern Senate, 1901-Present; Notes; References; Index.
Summary 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 a.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States. Congress -- Rules and practice -- History.
United States. Congress -- History.
États-Unis. Congress -- Règlements et procédure -- Histoire.
United States. Congress
Filibusters (Political science) -- United States -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
Filibusters (Political science)
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Other Form: Print version: Koger, Gregory. Filibustering. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226449647 (DLC) 2009041748 (OCoLC)455871593
ISBN 9780226449661 (electronic bk.)
0226449661 (electronic bk.)
9780226449647 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226449654 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0226449645 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226449653 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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