... impeccably timed.

... a powerful brief.

Jentleson offers incisive portraits of the powerful senators who laid the foundation for the modern Senate.

... informative and timely.

Progressives have launched a sustained assault on the filibuster as a racist anachronism that allows a minority of senators to hijack the will of the American public by holding up legislation until a supermajority of 60 votes can be mustered to end debate. That is the thesis of Adam Jentleson’s Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy.

... an engrossing primer on modern-day congressional gridlock.