There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent. — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged. — Rand Paul 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 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
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
My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
You know, the Democratic Party is the party that believes in governing, and we are hamstrung by the filibuster. — Ritchie Torres 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
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
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
For a whole year in elementary school, when the class marched down to the school library every week, I would refuse to… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr.… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
It used to be in the Senate that if you were filibustering, you stood up. There was a physical dimension to it,… — Tom Udall 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
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