Half a Cheer for the Senate’s Filibuster Deal The U.S. Senate today averted the fearsome specter that has stalked the chamber for weeks: majority rule. Much as small-D democrats may not like it, there is reason to be glad the capital-D Democrats and their Republican colleagues found a way out of the procedural paper bag that so often renders their beloved institution impotent.
July 17, 2013 - Bloomberg