Amendments Quote by Rick Santorum

This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save…

— Russ Feingold

You need to look at Congress as having a certain capacity. Now, the capacity varies from year to year and from body to body,…

— Karl Rove

Amendments occupy a great deal of most legislators' time, particularly those lawmakers in the minority. Members of Congress do author major bills, but more…

— Matt Taibbi

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The Second Amendment is not open for debate. Why do Democrats feel that this is the one enumerated Constitutional right that they can trample?

— Lauren Boebert

“In a Senate debate on proposed campaign-finance restrictions, McConnell reportedly told colleagues, “If we stop this thing, we can control the institution for the…

— Jane Mayer

We have the Second Amendment, but no privilege or right under the U.S. Constitution is unlimited.

— Bob Menendez

I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but…

— Will Rogers

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

— F. Lee Bailey

Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which the Constitution…

— Stanley Forman Reed

We can't lose precious time debating legislation that won't work.

— Wayne LaPierre

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower