Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington)
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 * Note: Today’s show is a rerun. It originally ran on December, 2012.