Block Quote by Allan Nairn

We've seen filibusters to block judicial nominations, jobs bills, political transparency, ending Big Oil subsidies - you name it, there's been a filibuster.

— Elizabeth Warren

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

The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster.

— Rush Limbaugh

We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it.…

— Claire McCaskill

There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made Washington, D.C.,…

— Ritchie Torres

Democrats are nothing more than obstructionists. That's all they can do. That's all they seem to be good at. So they're obstructionists, so what…

— Donald Trump

The beauty for Trump is that [Paul] Ryan et. al have worked on all this legislation and he is going to be able to…

— Mary Matalin

The possibility exists that the Kochs will walk away with even more power if [Donalds] Trump's defeated.

— Jane Mayer

“The Republican Party has used objection, obstruction, and filibustering not only to block the necessary processes of government but also in order to make…

— Mike Lofgren

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

What's the point of winning the presidency and the Senate and the House if we cannot pass legislation, if we're hopelessly hamstrung by the…

— Ritchie Torres