Ability Quote by Ted Cruz

The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.

— Adam Cohen

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

From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.

— Richard Burr

I understand the politics of the situation, I think that many Republican members of the senate believe that,get out the vote move. They can…

— Martha Minow

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does…

— John Jay Hooker

I saw a Harry Reid statement saying, there's nothing in the Constitution that says the Senate has to act on any presidential nominee. Well,…

— Nina Totenberg

The United States Senate is already chock full of career politicians and insiders who fall in line for political expediency and refuse to stand…

— Todd Wilcox

No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.

— Trey Gowdy

The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal and not…

— Juan Williams

People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to get a…

— George Packer

The Constitution says the President shall nominate, not maybe he could, maybe he can't, he shall nominate. Implicit in the Constitution is that the…

— Joe Biden

“The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise…

— United States