Chapter 1 of Dodd and Oppenheimer -- Barbara Sinclair on the U.S. Senate

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1. Realignment of the South into the Republican Party transformed the national agenda and made the Senate more Partisan.
   
   
2. Changes in Information Technology and Rise in Real Income coupled with (1) Increased the Individualist Tendencies of Senators
   
   
3. Individualism and Partisanship:
   
   
   1. Multiple Committee and Subcommittee Assignments -- Everyone is a Chairman
      
      
   2. The Role of Senate Rules --
      
      
      1. Non-Germane Amendments
         
         
      2. Extended Debate and its effects -- Unanimous Consent Agreements, Holds, and Blue Slips
         
         
4. Cloture Votes to End Filibusters: 1919 - 2001
   
   

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