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But it is a novel development and it has radically altered U.S. politics. It transforms the federal Senate into a genuinely Calhounian body in which minority factions exercise a de facto and permanent veto over the majority.

"It’s what creates gridlock, the breeding ground of political disaffection and extremism."

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