Democratic party Quote by Ritchie Torres

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

— Hendrik Hertzberg

The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster.

— Rush Limbaugh

In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used…

— Mehdi Hasan

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.

— Jeff Merkley

So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster.

— Kent Conrad

My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going down and…

— Jeff Merkley

The next time you do a filibuster, keep walking around.

— Bernie Sanders

“The Republican Party has used objection, obstruction, and filibustering not only to block the necessary processes of government but also in order to make…

— Mike Lofgren

What's the point of winning the presidency and the Senate and the House if we cannot pass legislation, if we're hopelessly hamstrung by the…

— Ritchie Torres

We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it.…

— Claire McCaskill

There's a romanticized vision of the filibuster as the best hope for bipartisanship it's given us nothing but gridlock. It has made Washington, D.C.,…

— Ritchie Torres

My view of the filibuster is either you've got to lower vote edge or make people really filibuster if they feel that seriously about…

— Angus King