Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: December 26, 1955 |
“I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up.”
“War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums.”