So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster. — Kent Conrad 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
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
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
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
The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate. — Hendrik Hertzberg 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
President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them. — Mitch McConnell 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 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
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of… — Ari Melber 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
“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
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
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
The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. — Timothy Noah 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
If the choice is between universal health care or fixing our broken immigration system or upholding a 60-vote filibuster rule that is… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
“It's voting rights or it's the filibuster. It's LGBTQ+ rights or it's the filibuster. It's union rights or it's the filibuster. It's… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
The Dream Act and the DISCLOSE Act, to name two, had majorities in both chambers during Obama's first term, but they were… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
No one likes the Electoral College, expect perhaps those who were elected because of it. No one likes gerrymandering, except those doing… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
The filibuster is used more aggressively, so I think doing each individual appropriations bill through regular order would be a home run.… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
We've seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. Why filibuster something that has that kind… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If Republicans aren't willing to vote for voting rights, and if the only way to safeguard our fundamental right to vote is… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
