Action Quote by Rush Limbaugh

One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was designed for…

— Rush Limbaugh

The Senate is extremely slow: They have enormous difficulty passing the bills that even get through the House. That's the reality that I've recognized…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But…

— John C. Danforth

If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded to develop…

— Noam Chomsky

The Senate was the equivalent of an aristocracy at the beginning. Senators were not even elected; they were appointed in the early days. Then…

— Rush Limbaugh

The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put…

— Harry Reid

It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been…

— John Jay Hooker

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 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

The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of…

— John Cornyn

The principles of the United States Constitution are, because of Senator Byrd, still the heartbeat of the US Senate.

— David C. Hardesty Jr

The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of…

— Alexander Hamilton