Senate Reform

Sam Stein

Kerry: Congressional Gridlock Has Left People 'Somehow Bitter'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Tuesday made one of the first cases since the shootings in Tucson that congressional gridlock was partly to...

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Reforming the Senate

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Michael Bennet

Political games prevent Senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues. This week, my colleagues and I have begun a process to challenge the broken rules in the Senate and reform the filibuster.

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Sam Stein

Filibuster Reform Coalition Launches To Put Pressure On Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The effort to reform the rules of the Senate has often been dismissed as idealistic reverie on the part of a small group of frustrated o...

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The Pirating Senate

Bob Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Edgar

The modern filibuster has never been part of the Constitution or any law. It's not even in the original rules of the Senate. You could almost say it's an accident.

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A Filibuster Fix

nytimes.com | NORMAN ORNSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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AFTER months of debate, Senate Democrats this summer broke a Republican filibuster against a bill to extend unemployment benefits. But the Republicans...

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Lucia Graves

Mikulski Calls For Senate Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the extended debate over unemployment benefits on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) called for an end to the filibuste...

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