His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16. ... (D-NV) and the author of Kill Switch (a history of the filibuster and Senate dysfunction).

Getting our filibuster story straight is difficult because the history is murky and everyone trying to tell the story has an angle. This includes me, but I shall do my best.

It's hard to imagine literally talking for an entire day, but that is what happened during the longest filibuster in Senate history. The year was 1957 and Strom Thurmond, a South Carolina white ...

Famous Filibusters Throughout History Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) held the Senate floor for more than 12 hours on Wednesday in protest of the White House drone policy.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

The filibuster is still a critical device when used properly in the Senate, but it should be tougher to invoke.

History shows why the filibuster is malignant. March 24, ... “Goodbye and good riddance to the filibuster,” E.J. Dionne Jr. mentioned “Kill Switch,” Adam Jentleson’s book on the filibuster.

Instead, the filibuster came into existence very much unwittingly and by mistake. Both the House and Senate rule books included the “previous question” motion, which allowed each body to cut ...

Fiction vs. History. The filibuster shown in the TV ad is from the climactic scene in the 1939 Frank Capra movie, ... authors of a 1997 book on the history of the filibuster: ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.