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Common Cause, Members of Congress, and DREAM Act Beneficiaries Ask Supreme Court to Throw Out Senate's 60-Vote Filibuster Rule

Common Cause has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear its challenge to the Senate's filibuster rule

How going nuclear unclogged the Senate

The Senate barely does anything these days — except approve judges that could shape the law for a generation. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/how-going-nuclear-unclogged-the-senate-110238.html#ixzz3B8QBNyH3

Case Will Test Consitutionality of the Filibuster

The non-partisan advocacy group Common Cause has filed a law suit with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to get the Senate's use of the filibuster declared unconstitutional. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz speaks with Common Cause president Bob Edgar.

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