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In Defense of the Filibuster: An Interview with Richard Arenberg
Richard A. Arenberg is a Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Brown...
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Nov 17, 202113 min read


Principle & The Parliamentarian: Democrats Need to Play More Aggressively, and Firing the Senat
A Republican Senate Majority Leader called her “one of of [the Senate’s] most dedicated floor staffers” and praised “her dedication and...
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Nov 2, 20216 min read


The Filibuster Must Go
The primary purpose of government is governance. The Senate filibuster precludes American governance. The filibuster is a method of...
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Nov 18, 20208 min read


Read Between the Lines: Maintaining the Unwritten Rules of the Senate
Since the opening of this year’s Senate session, the body has faced an uncharacteristic amount of drama prompted by the President, the...
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Nov 4, 20177 min read


The Filibuster: A Recipe for Continued Gridlock
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014,...
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Sep 22, 20145 min read


Reid’s Nuclear Gamble
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently,...
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Apr 1, 20145 min read


With ‘Nuclear Option,’ No Such Thing as Half Pregnant
Nearly all Brown students are familiar with the concept of mutually assured destruction. Taught in even the most cursory of Cold War...
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Nov 22, 20134 min read


Stand with Rand
It had its own hashtag, trending on twitter. It halted the confirmation of a widely supported, experienced counterterrorism advisor to...
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Mar 6, 20134 min read
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