HOW THE SENATE WORKS

>> DEMOCRATS MAY CHANGE SENATE RULES (NPR, JAN. 2011)

>> THE SENATE'S SECRET HOLD PRACTICE (NPR, JUNE 2010)

>> FILIBUSTER REFORM: SECRET HOLDS IN THE SENATE (JULY, 2010)

>> CHANGING THE SENATE FILIBUSTER (DEC. 210)


>> FILIBUSTER, THE QUEST FOR CONSENSUS (REDSTATE.COM, FILIBUSTER)

>> SENATE BLOCKS DADT (DEC. 2010)



>> SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKS DADT (DEC. 2010)


>> BUDGET BREAKS DOWN IN THE SENATE


Fixing the Filibuster (Huffington Post)


Fixing the Filibuster (Washington Post)

(MARCH 2010)
The filibuster has changed over the years. Today, individual Senators can hold up the Senate. The Senate is truly


How the Filibuster Works (NPR)


In the wake of the Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts, Democrats have suggested that a Senatorial process known as "reconcilliation" can be used to pass the Health Care bill over Republican opposition. How does the process work? Find out more from this NPR article

Why the Democrats Can't Run the Senate with 59 votes (NPR, Watching Washington)

View debates in the health care bill (Note: this a long video, so view only certain sections. Slide the button to the following: 159:40 (Republican Richard Burr of North Carolina), 219:45 (Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio)


View the video directly from C-Span's web site

Watch this C-Span program to learn about unique nature of the U.S. Senate

CLIMATEGATE

The debate over climategate continues

"ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL POLITICS"

(Feb. 2010) The approval ratings of Congress is the lowest its been in decades. Jack Cafferty slams congress in his video editorial


(Feb. 2010) Senator Richard Shelby (AL) is putting a hold on federal appointees by the White House. Some say he is doing this to get projects for his state of Alabama.


A new round of Earmarks. It seems Congress just cant corral those notorious earmarks.