Dec 6, 2013
In this podcast, congressional expert Sarah Binder explains why the Senate filibuster is a historical mistake. She talks about her research on Congress’s relationship with the Federal Reserve and addresses whether Congress is more polarized today than it has been in the past. Binder, a senior fellow in Governance Studies, is also a professor of political science at George Washington University and contributor to the Monkey Cage blog.
Show notes:
• The Federal Reserve: Balancing Multiple
Mandates (testimony by Alice Rivlin)
• Boom! What the Senate Will Be Like When the Nuclear
Dust Settles
• Beyond the Horse Race to Lead the
Fed
• Droning on: Thoughts on the Rand Paul “Talking
Filibuster”
• Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the
Federal Judiciary
• The History of the Filibuster