UNITED STATES: Filibusters stymie lawmaking process

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In this article

  • Filibuster tactics
  • Initiation
  • Termination
  • Limitations
  • Bipartisan resort
  • Leveraging minority power
  • Small states
  • Individual senators
  • Surging use
  • Reform options
  • Impetus
  • Possible modifications
  • Abolition
  • Restoring the Senate

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