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The Myth of the Republican “Populist” Filibuster

April 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Lobbying, Politics, Populism, Wall Street

We hear about Republican filibusters and we think perhaps of Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” and see all this flurry of activity under the bright lights of television and tell ourselves that it is really only about “politics as usual” in Washington. Or we think of it as some kind of inside-the-beltway [...]

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