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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rules of the United States Senate not be amended to permit cloture filibuster by vote of a majority of members, Joseph Cooper '55, professor of Government, told the committee on Standing Rules of the yesterday morning...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cooper Opposes Majority Cloture Before Senators | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

...change in the procedure for in the Senate must take into not only particular policy of the moment but also the fact the rules must fit all future , Cooper said in Washington...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cooper Opposes Majority Cloture Before Senators | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

While the filibuster has been regarded as a tool to assist Southern attempts to block civil rights , Cooper testified "tomorrow be the liberals who want to it. The consequences of changing majority cloture are not at all clear." rules, requiring two-thirds of voting to shut off debate, have action. Cooper insisted. But he that cloture by three-fifths of those and voting, as urged in S. Res. 6 Senators Clinton P. Anderson (D-N. and Thruston B. Morton (R-Ky.), be preferable to cloture by a of "all Senators duly chosen and ," as Senator Paul H. Douglas...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cooper Opposes Majority Cloture Before Senators | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

There are already effective political to the use of the filibuster, Cooper it can only be employed sparingly, explained, and "if used continually the years in a single policy area its tends to decline...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cooper Opposes Majority Cloture Before Senators | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

...majority vote would be policy, Cooper testified, since it impair the "unique role of the as the prime insurer that decisions be deliberate and that intensity of will be taken into consideration." extended debate, he said, there are not adequate safeguards for minorities...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Cooper Opposes Majority Cloture Before Senators | 3/2/1965 | See Source »

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