Examining the Filibuster: Legislative Proposals to Change Senate Procedures

Jul 28 2010 10:30 AM

Majority Statement

Witness Panel 1

Witness Panel 2

  • Mr. Gregory Koger
    Associate Professor Political Science
    Universtiy of Miami
    Coral Gables, FL
  • Ms. Barbara Sinclair
    Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics Emerita
    Department of Political Science
    University of California
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Ms. Elizabeth Rybicki
    Analyst on the Congress and Legislative Process
    Congressional Research Service
    Library of Congress
    Washington, D.C.
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The Committee will receive testimony on S. Res. 465, by Senator Lautenberg, to permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased; and S. Res. 440, by Senator Bennet, improving the Senate cloture process.

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