The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Republicans have used the filibuster to turn the Senate into a de facto 60-vote body. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If I have to filibuster on the Senate floor, I'll even read the King James Bible until the wall is funded. — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
With all the surgical skill and the vital rays lavished on him he should talk like alike a congressman at a filibuster. — Kenneth Langtry Copy Share Image
We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If Trump wins, the only thing blocking complete implementation of the programs of Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, etc., is the… — Allan Nairn Copy Share Image
My view of the filibuster is either you've got to lower vote edge or make people really filibuster if they feel that… — Angus King Copy Share Image
There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent. — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time. — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
In reality, if Democrats truly cared about solutions to our immigration crisis they would have done so long ago - like in… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
The Founders surely never imagined that a three-fifths majority would be the standard requirement for passing legislation in the upper chamber, and… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
McCain was so passionate and determined, but he was also practical. He understood what a heavy lift it was to get a… — Dana Bash Copy Share Image
The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
This is a president [Barack Obama] who came into office in 2008 with a big majority in the House and with a… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington,… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Context is everything. Dress me up and see. I'm a carnival barker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist, a speaker in tongues,… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me. For almost a century, the filibuster… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate. — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture… — Peter Fenn Copy Share Image
You can go back and rescind an old regulation like Obama era regulations. That was done once in 20 years. We've done… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
We have promised to do better, and no Republican concern should ever be enough to filibuster our own bill. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get… — Peter Fenn Copy Share Image
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
What's the point of winning the presidency and the Senate and the House if we cannot pass legislation, if we're hopelessly hamstrung… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
![“This is a president [Barack Obama] who came into office in 2008 with a big majority in the House and with a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Because of his policies and his conduct in office, seven years later, we have our largest majority in the House since 1928, and we have a majority in…” quote by Chris Christie](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9ed/chris-christie-1382_barack_this-is-a-president-barack-obama-who-cam_2380356.jpg)
