Filibustered! : How to fix the broken Senate and save America /
Senator Jeff Merkley, with Mike Zamore.
- xvi, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gridlock -- The Code -- Pirates in the Senate -- The defining struggle -- The Code strikes back -- Defending Jim Crow -- The myth -- Backfire -- Turbocharged obstruction -- Byrd's nuclear template -- A "filibuster rebellion" -- Going nuclear -- Heads I win, tails you lose -- A battle for the soul of the nation -- The endgame -- Finishing the job.
"The U.S. Senator from Oregon who is leading the fight to restore the talking filibuster explains how changing just one rule could save our democracy"--
9781620977989 (hc)
2023027955
United States. Congress. Senate --Freedom of debate. Estados Unidos. Congreso. Senado
Filibusters (Political science)--United States. Oposición (Ciencia Política)