Civil rights Quote by Cori Bush

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights.

— Barack Obama

“There is another, grimmer history to the filibuster, though, one that carries special relevance for me. For almost a century, the filibuster was the…

— Barack Obama

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.

— Jeff Merkley

The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday it will…

— Timothy Noah

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

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

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

— Rachel Maddow

My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going down and…

— Jeff Merkley

“... gay marriage rights coming and going, always being an issue for the voting public when it should be an individual‘s private choice.”

— G.A. Hauser

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

“gay marriage... always being an issue for the voting public when it should be an individual‘s private choice.”

— G.A. - Being Screwed (Action #7 Hauser

So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster.

— Kent Conrad