Episode 422: Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington)

Published December 11, 2012 at 7:43 PM CST

On our show today, we tell you everything you need to know about the filibuster, including:

What Schoolhouse Rock didn't tell us

Why Aaron Burr and Jimmy Stewart are the two great villains in filibuster history

How Senators can now filibuster bills without having to talk for hours on end

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