What is the impact of the partisan filibuster on governance?
What will be an ideal response?
The partisan filibuster is the process by which most or all of the Senate’s majority party agenda is systematically blocked by an organized minority party filibuster. It has made governance in the Senate very difficult, because it means that a supermajority is required to pass even minimally controversial legislation. Coalition building becomes that much more difficult, and gridlock/status-quo-bias is increased.
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Who opposed the motor voter registration law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1993?
a. The Religious Right opposed it, fearing that it would benefit the Libertarian wing of the GOP. b. The Republicans opposed it, fearing that it would benefit the Democratic Party. c. The Texas state legislature opposed it, fearing that it would be incapable of implementing it. d. President Bill Clinton opposed it because of several unnecessary provisions within it.