Filibuster
Subtitle: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate (Princeton Studies in American Politics)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780691125091
Subjects: Central government; Politics/International Relations; Political Process - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / Practical Politics; Political Science and International Relations; Cloture; Congress; Filibusters (Political science); Freedom of debate; Senate; United States; United States
First sentence: In August of 1848, a bill establishing a territorial government for Oregon was considered in the U.S. Senate.