If we want to fix what ails America, we have to fix the Senate. And if we want to fix the Senate, we must fix the broken filibuster.
Now, in a compelling and powerfully argued little book, Senator Jeff Merkley offers a concise and eye-opening history of how the present-day version of the filibuster has crippled the self-styled "World's Greatest Deliberative Body" with paralyzing gridlock, and makes the surprising case that restoring the old-style filibuster may just be our democracy's path back from the brink.
Once, Senators who objected to passing a bill waged a defiant filibuster, in the spirit of fictional Senator Smith who talked until he collapsed in order to block a corrupt railroad deal in the classic 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Now, however, thanks to Senator Mitch McConnell's abuse of a fifty-year-old reform intended to make it easier for the Senate to pass legislation, the minority party can simply insist on sixty votes to pass most bills--and then refuse to provide them. Wildly popular bills languish, but ordinary citizens can't see why because the obstruction all takes place behind closed doors.
Filibustered! combines a marvelous romp through key moments in filibuster history, with a compelling argument for restoring this key tool of American governance.
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