Common Quote by Jim DeMint

Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the…

— Ted Cruz

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when…

— Lindsey Graham

Most senators are just going to work and trying to do a job.

— Judd Gregg

The majority in the Senate is prepared to restore the Senate's traditions and precedents to ensure that regardless of party, any president's judicial nominees,…

— Mitch McConnell

That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination…

— Terry Eastland

My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can…

— Maxine Waters

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

— Luther Strange

The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as…

— Barbra Streisand

The ones who are in the Senate have to have a position.

— Amy Walter

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.

— Mark Pryor

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

— Richard Burr

If the Republicans get control back of the United States Senate, we will no longer have a check and balance on the White House,…

— Patty Murray