A set of historical reviews shows up in a google of "binder" "smith" "filibustering".
http://www.factcheck.org/article317.html
http://www.juntosociety.com/government/filibuster.htm <-- Brief summary of history
http://www.legalaffairs.org/webexclusive/debateclub_filibuster0205.msp
He made it sound like the dems had wanted to do the same thing the repubs are doing now.