Filibuster Quote by Tony Snow Download Open image “There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.” — Tony Snow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Filibuster Governing Senate Use
The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate. — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent. — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A judicial nominee… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
It used to be in the Senate that if you were filibustering, you stood up. There was a physical dimension to it, that you… — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Senators should not play politics by threatening filibusters and evaluating Judge Gorsuch based on what his policy preferences are or how he might come… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
Republicans have used the filibuster to turn the Senate into a de facto 60-vote body. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who cant say no. In each of his three years at the… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate. — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
If Trump wins, the only thing blocking complete implementation of the programs of Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, etc., is the Senate filibuster… — Allan Nairn Copy Share Image
No one likes the Electoral College, expect perhaps those who were elected because of it. No one likes gerrymandering, except those doing the gerrymandering.… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
We've seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. Why filibuster something that has that kind of support?… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
“It's voting rights or it's the filibuster. It's LGBTQ+ rights or it's the filibuster. It's union rights or it's the filibuster. It's civil rights… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to say one… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections and grabbed… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Context is everything. Dress me up and see. I'm a carnival barker, an auctioneer, a downtown performance artist, a speaker in tongues, a senator… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
