Politics or principle?
Subtitle: filibustering in the United States Senate
By: Sarah A. Binder and Steven S. Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Steven S., 1953-
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate -- Freedom of debate; Filibusters (Political science) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics and principle of the filibuster; title: The original versus traditional Senate; title: Senate tradition revisited; title: Politics, principle, and the trivialization of the filibuster; title: The filibuster and the little-harm thesis; title: Senate support for limits on debate; title: The past and future of the Senate.