The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged. — Rand Paul 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bill O'Reilly knew he could just filibuster and enjoy all the airtime that a full interview would give him, and then also… — John Flansburgh 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
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
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
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
Republicans have used the filibuster to turn the Senate into a de facto 60-vote body. — Steve Kornacki 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
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
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
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
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
![“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/quotes/i/9ed/chris-christie-1382_barack_this-is-a-president-barack-obama-who-cam_2380356.jpg)
