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Filibusters and Filibusterers in the Contemporary Senate: An Examination of the Dynamics and Individual-Level Correlates of "Extended Debate," 1975-2002
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Filibusters and Filibusterers in the Contemporary Senate:
An Examination of the Dynamics and
Individual-Level Correlates of ’Extended Debate,’ 1975-2002
Abstract
Over the last decade, scholars of the U.S. Congress have paid increased attention to filibusters in the Senate. Most such studies have focused on documenting the phenomenon, accounting for aggregate trends in filibustering and attempts to limit the practice, or on placing such dilatory practices within the theoretical framework of inter-branch balance of power. Relatively little work has explored the individual-level determinants of filibustering. In part, this is due to the limited nature of available data; for instance, a reasonably comprehensive and widely accessible list of filibusters is available only through 1993. In this paper, we extend our own previous individual-level research on filibusters by 1) developing an expanded data set that includes all identifiable filibusters between 1994 and 2002, and 2) subjecting these data to preliminary empirical analysis. This allows us not only to paint a more accurate description of filibustering in the contemporary Senate, but also to focus in greater depth on the individual-level correlates associated with filibuster behavior. As in our earlier work, we again focus on the behavior of senators on the verge of retirement, using their activities to garner insights into the extent to which senators are influenced by narrow considerations of personal/political utility rather than the inculcation of Senate norms.
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| | Authors: Bell, Lauren. and Overby, L. Marvin. |
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Filibusters and Filibusterers in the Contemporary Senate:
An Examination of the Dynamics and
Individual-Level Correlates of ’Extended Debate,’ 1975-2002
Abstract
Over the last decade, scholars of the U.S. Congress have paid increased attention to filibusters in
the Senate. Most such studies have focused on documenting the phenomenon, accounting for
aggregate trends in filibustering and attempts to limit the practice, or on placing such dilatory
practices within the theoretical framework of inter-branch balance of power. Relatively little
work has explored the individual-level determinants of filibustering. In part, this is due to the
limited nature of available data; for instance, a reasonably comprehensive and widely accessible
list of filibusters is available only through 1993.
In this paper, we extend our own previous individual-level research on filibusters by 1)
developing an expanded data set that includes all identifiable filibusters between 1994 and 2002,
and 2) subjecting these data to preliminary empirical analysis. This allows us not only to paint a
more accurate description of filibustering in the contemporary Senate, but also to focus in greater
depth on the individual-level correlates associated with filibuster behavior. As in our earlier
work, we again focus on the behavior of senators on the verge of retirement, using their activities
to garner insights into the extent to which senators are influenced by narrow considerations of
personal/political utility rather than the inculcation of Senate norms.
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