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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Federal Leaders on Changes to the Filibuster Rule: November 21, 2013
Federal Leaders on Changes to the Filibuster Rule: November 21, 2013
In a response to the partisan gridlock that has had a stranglehold on Congress over the past few years, on November 21, the Senate approved landmark legislation that would limit its use of the filibuster, a tool commonly used by the party in opposition to a specific bill to prevent the bill from being voted on. The change to Senate rules specifically disallowed the filibuster to be used to block presidential executive and judicial nominees, unless the nomination was for the U.S. Supreme Court. This meant that instead of requiring a supermajority of sixty votes to approve a nomination, only a simple majority of ...
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