Court Quote by Mitch McConnell

I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.

— Saxby Chambliss

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

I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution

— Saxby Chambliss

We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A judicial nominee…

— Wendy Long

The Dream Act and the DISCLOSE Act, to name two, had majorities in both chambers during Obama's first term, but they were filibustered to…

— Ari Melber

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is…

— Jim Bunning

“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

I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared to vote…

— Joe Biden

As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of the filibuster…

— Ari Melber

When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, I said that he deserved a fair hearing and a…

— Dick Durbin

During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their war on…

— Gail Collins

The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.

— Hendrik Hertzberg