Episode 422: Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington) : Planet Money On today's show: Everything you need to know about the filibuster.
Episode 422: Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington)
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On our show today, we tell you everything you need to know about the filibuster, including:
- What Schoolhouse Rock didn't tell us
- Why Aaron Burr and Jimmy Stewart are the two great villains in filibuster history
- How Senators can now filibuster bills without having to talk for hours on end
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