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Article: The poisoned Congress. (partisan warfare in Congress)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 1988
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THE RECENT arrest of Senator Bob Packwood (R., Ore.) within the hallowed halls of Congress's Upper Chamber signals an escalation from virulent partisan feuding into open war. It happened on February 24 in the early hours of the morning. Frustrated by Republican-led filibustering against a measure calling for campaign finance reform, Majority Leader Robert Byrd seized upon obscure Senate rules allowing the Sergeant-at-Arms to compel absent senators to come to the Senate floor. Byrd's motion to nab the Republicans passed 45 to 3, and the Senate police quickly fanned out, armed with warrants for the arrest of all 46 Republican senators. Several empty offices ...
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