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A chaotic filibuster dramatizes Carter's problems with Congress
In 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...
The filibuster was the latest in a long string of indignities for Carter at the hands of a newly willful Congress. Younger and better educated than ever, legislators of both chambers have been roughing up Carter's appointees and rewriting his legislative packages. Four of the nine major parts...
The two 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...
Through the night, Byrd met constantly with other Senators on the floor and in his office. On Thursday morning he sensed that the moment was ripe for a compromise. "Last night did some good," he said. "Psychologically, it made us all realize we had to find a solution." The one...