Filibustered! : how to fix the broken Senate and save America
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
328.730775/MERKLEY,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2024
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 232 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781620977989, 1620977982 :, 1620977982, 9781620977989
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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"--
CONTENTS
Gridlock --
Code --
Pirates in the Senate --
Defining struggle --
Code strikes back --
Defending Jim Crow --
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 --
Endgame --
Finishing the job