I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of…

The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.

— Hendrik Hertzberg

When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability…

— Jeff Merkley

“There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me. For almost a century, the filibuster was the…

— Barack Obama

If Trump wins, the only thing blocking complete implementation of the programs of Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, etc., is the Senate filibuster…

— Allan Nairn

In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used…

— Mehdi Hasan

No one likes the Electoral College, expect perhaps those who were elected because of it. No one likes gerrymandering, except those doing the gerrymandering.…

— Kevin Bleyer

With all the surgical skill and the vital rays lavished on him he should talk like alike a congressman at a filibuster.

— Kenneth Langtry

The filibuster is used more aggressively, so I think doing each individual appropriations bill through regular order would be a home run. But I…

— Brian Schatz

We've seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. Why filibuster something that has that kind of support?…

— Elizabeth Warren

In reality, if Democrats truly cared about solutions to our immigration crisis they would have done so long ago - like in 2009, when…

— Kayleigh McEnany

The Dream Act and the DISCLOSE Act, to name two, had majorities in both chambers during Obama's first term, but they were filibustered to…

— Ari Melber

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

— Clare Boothe Luce

We have promised to do better, and no Republican concern should ever be enough to filibuster our own bill.

— Orrin Hatch

The Founders surely never imagined that a three-fifths majority would be the standard requirement for passing legislation in the upper chamber, and for most…

— Steve Kornacki

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is…

— Jim Bunning