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1. The Politics and Principle of the Filibuster=1
The Framers and Minority Rights in the Senate=4
The Modern Senate Filibuster=6
Revisiting the Received Wisdom=19
A Perspective on Institutional Change=23
Reforming the Senate=26
2. The Original versus the Traditional Senate=29
The Framers and the Design of the Senate=30
Procedural Choices in the Original Senate=33
Legislating in the Original Senate=39
Conclusions=50
3. Senate Tradition Revisited=53
Contours of Senate Tradition=55
Legislating in the Traditional Senate=59
Tradition Viewed from Within=70
Toward Cloture=78
Tradition Revisited=79
4. Politics, Principle, and the Trivialization of the Filibuster=83
The Substance and Significance of Issues Subject to Filibusters=85
Partisanship and Filibusters=90
Patterns of Support and Opposition to Cloture=92
Patterns of Support and Opposition to Cloture Reform=105
Why Are There Not More (Trivial) Filibusters?=111
Conclusion=115
Appendix 4-A=116
Appendix 4-B=119
Appendix 4-C=121
5. The Filibuster and the Little-Harm Thesis=127
Measures Killed by Filibuster=129
Beyond Measures Killed by Filibusters=141
The Filibuster and the Moderation of Legislation=153
Conclusion=158
6. Senate Support for Limits on Debate=161
Placing Limits on Debate in the Standing Rules=163
Placing Limits on Debate in Statutes=185
Conclusion=194
7. The Past and Future of the Senate=197
Lessons Learned: The Political Past of the Filibuster=198
When Is Reform Expected?=205
Proposals for Reform=209
Concluding Observations=217
Notes=219
Index=243