Balance Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

“[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— James Madison

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

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our…

— Claire McCaskill

The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based…

— George Packer

In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of…

— James Madison

There is no doubt that Republican control of the Senate is the only way to preserve the Constitutional integrity of our Supreme Court, realign…

— Todd Wilcox

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

Though the views of members of the House and Senate are as divergent as the people we represent, we bear the responsibility to work…

— Martha Roby

There is an important role for a United States senator as a check and balance on the president of the United States.

— Cal Cunningham

We tend to think of the House as a less historically significant legislative body than the Senate. There are more representatives than there are…

— S.E. Cupp

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 necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the impulse of…

— James Madison