Approach Quote by Tom Coburn

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And…

— Tom Coburn

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

— Dick Durbin

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

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you…

— Barbara Boxer

Reform is not for the short-winded. I'm committed to making sure the Senate is more than just a graveyard for good ideas.

— Mark Udall

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.

— Mark Pryor

We're going to be eternally optimistic that the Senate is going to get their work done.

— Diane Black

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to…

— Richard Burr

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when…

— Lindsey Graham

I think that, on the reconciliation issue, if they had the votes, we wouldn't have had the summit. And if they try to go…

— Marsha Blackburn

I think it's a time to be sad about what's been done to the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world.

— Mitch McConnell

The Senate being tied is a start. Now, if only it could be gagged.

— Bob Thaves