Richard A. Arenberg

Maybe the confusing label “nuclear option” which has been given to potential procedural maneuvers in the Senate which could lead to a...

Comments came in response to "Is Nuclear Winter Coming to the Senate This Summer?" by Sarah Binder in The Monkey Cage. Comments were...

Vice President Biden intoned, “On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 46. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes, the amendment...

Discussing the recent Rand Paul filibuster, Sarah Binder approvingly quotes Ezra Klein who argues, “When Senate institutionalists wax...

First, exactly what is a filibuster and what is Senator Paul seeking to accomplish? Although filibusters are commonly thought of as long...

The understandable focus on the “fiscal cliff” negotiations on Capitol Hill has obscured a more far-reaching historical crisis in the...

As the new year begins, two threats have been looming over the Senate’s filibuster rules: a lawsuit calling the filibuster...

This week, in his strongest statement yet, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared, “We’re going to change the rules.” Maine’s...

The filibuster is fundamental to the protection of the minority’s right to debate and to offer amendments. This has made the Senate a...

Majority Leader Harry Reid, frustrated by abuse of the filibuster, has vowed to change the Senate’s rule on the first day of the new...

As the inept vice president on HBO’s “Veep,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus is fighting for a never quite defined filibuster reform bill. It’s the...

It is tempting when confronted with the obstructionist behavior of the current Senate minority to focus on rewriting the Senate’s rules...

It is hard to disagree with the headline on Bill Galston and Mark McKinnon’s op-ed in The Hill on Jan. 17: “Time for up-or-down votes in...