Blue Quote by Mazie Hirono

Until I got to the nomination of Judge Gorsuch and so much preparation time, I really wasn't familiar with the blue-slip process. But it's…

— Mazie Hirono

One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into red and blue states,…

— Olympia Snowe

The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.

— Jay Leno

We have judges in the American system and they take on a black robe where they are supposed to shield their partisan preferences. They…

— Ben Sasse

The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of…

— James Madison

The cliché is what are the qualifications for a federal Court of Appeals judge is somebody who knew a senator once. I mean the…

— Deborah Rhode

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

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

— Amy Walter

Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake…

— Wendy Long

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it…

— Orrin Hatch

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

— Tom Daschle

“The U.S. Senate presented the most powerful obstacle to any progressive reform. Because senators at the time were elected by state legislatures rather than…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin