Senate Rules Committee Holds Series of Hearings on the Filibuster
06.09.2010 -
The Rules Committee is holding a series of hearings to examine the history and use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The first in the series was held on Thursday, April 22, 2010. This hearing, “Examining the Filibuster: History of the Filibuster 1789-2008, discussed the evolution of the filibuster, the tradition of unlimited debate in the Senate, and efforts to curtail it from the earliest days of the Senate through 2008.
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