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...perhaps the most remarkable filibuster in Senate history, first-term Democrats James Abourezk of South Dakota and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio turned the chamber into a marathon slumber party that kept the Senators up until dawn the first day, late the following night, and threatened to continue this week. Their stated objective: to block any move to lift the federal ceiling on the price of natural gas sold interstate. The ordeal was fresh evidence that an independent and unpredictable Senate is defying its own leadership and the White House. The week also marked the emergence of Byrd...
...Senators are liberals, a breed not given to obstructionist tactics, and neither is among the Senate's more visible stars. Yet they managed to outwit Majority Leader Byrd, who is considered to be one of the chamber's most skillful parliamentarians. To head off their filibuster, he scheduled a cloture vote for Monday, Sept. 26. (Under Senate rules, this would limit debate on the subject to one hour for each Senator and bar any new amendments.) But Abourezk spotted a loophole in Byrd's strategy: old amendments could still be called up for action. So Partner Metzenbaum...
...result was bewildering chaos and confusion, as well as some entertaining legislative theater. Fearful that one of the 508 amendments might slip through, weary Senators set up camp in and around the chamber, trying to catch a few minutes' sleep and listening for the bell that signaled roll calls. After several votes that were made harrowingly close by the absence of heavy sleepers, Byrd ordered aides to compile a roster of Senators, listing the nooks and hallways where they were catnapping, so they could be roused in time. Abourezk and Metzenbaum spelled each other occasionally and consented to several...
...Chamber Music--Somerville Public Library at 3 Boston Symphony--8:00 Edwin Hymovitz--Jordan Hall at 3 Charles River Players--wind quintet in Holmes Hall at 8 "La Serva Padrona" and "Savitri...
Boston University Faculty Chamber Music--School for the Arts...