The Committee will receive testimony on S. Res. 416, by Senator Harkin, amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate; and S. Res. 619, by Senator Tom Udall, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate of each new Congress is not bound by the Rules of previous Senates.
Examining the Filibuster: Legislative Proposals to Change Senate Procedures
Sep 22 2010 10:00 AM
Russell Senate Office Building - 305
Majority Statement
Minority Statement
Witness Panel 1
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The Honorable Tom Harkin
United States Senator -
The Honorable Tom Udall
United States Senator
Witness Panel 2
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Ms. Mimi Murray Digby Marziani
Counsel/Katz Fellow, Democracy Program
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
New York, NY -
Mr. Robert Dove
Parliamentarian Emeritus, U.S. Senate
Falls Church, VA
Washington University
St. Louis, MO -
Mr. Steven S. Smith
Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science
Director, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
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