Courses Quote by Calvin Coolidge

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

— Tom Udall

The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose…

— Mitch McConnell

The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only…

— Tom Udall

When it comes to Senate reform, in general, I've always been a believer in an elected Senate and would hope to achieve aspects of…

— Andrew Scheer

Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better…

— Michael Bennet

There's a learning curve to understanding how the Senate operates.

— Luther Strange

No one knows better than Leader McConnell how to master the rules of the parliamentary procedure rules here in the Senate.

— Bill Hagerty

From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.

— Richard Burr

The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put…

— Harry Reid

The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in…

— Olympia Snowe

I have long maintained that voting rights is more important than preserving any Senate procedural rule.

— Raphael Warnock

Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in…

— Al Franken