The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
[A] re-elected McConnell, with a Republican majority, would, he says, emulate his model of majority leadership - the 16 years under a… — George Will Copy Share Image
We continue to go from crisis to crisis, whether it is electricity or whether it is gas prices. We need comprehensive solutions,… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg came in front of the Senate and was approved 96-3 to be on the Supreme Court to replace… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Hillary [Clinton] wins in a landslide, [Donald] Trump has no coattails, the Democrats are gonna win the Senate, they're close to winning… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first… — Thomas G. West Copy Share Image
I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I owe no duty to the forum, the election ground or the senate; I am ... no barking pleader, no judge, no… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
In the United States Senate, one of the things I observed in the early days - and it's still used - and… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The rise of the Tea Party, along with the emergence of Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Carl Paladino in… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image