Shortly after we thought we'd had things working together in this body again, we got another filibuster. ... We had an opportunity to complete this week with a very good spirit.
Quotes about filibuster (16 Quotes)
If he John Roberts is a Miguel Estrada and just refuses abjectly to answer everything, it would make a filibuster more likely,
I'm very pleased that Sen. Gordon Smith has indicated he will not support a filibuster on campaign finance reform. I remain cautiously optimistic that we'll eventually prevail, but I won't be surprised by any efforts of the opponents to kill the bill.
It's the longest argument I've ever heard. It's a filibuster. As long as he is talking, I can't talk.
It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he would oppose the nominee but would not mount a filibuster to prevent his confirmation. In the fullness of time, he may well prove to be a fine Supreme Court justice, ... But I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record.
I think it is unlikely, absent some new information, some bombshell that comes up in the process, that I would support a filibuster.
There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
The Senate has used a variety of tools over the years to get the attention of the executive branch, ... It's their prerogative to do it, whether it's a filibuster or a hold.
Because the nominee might be perceived by some to be more conservative in their view than Justice O'Connor, somebody is going to make the argument that this then makes this more extraordinary, and therefore try to put pressure on Democrats who have not seen fit to filibuster judicial nominees to say, 'Well, this is different,'
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
I actually think in spite of their bravado, the Senate Democrats fear a debate over values more than anything else. So I'm going to boldly predict that there will not be a sustainable filibuster of this nomination, and he will be confirmed with at least 60 votes,
President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
We're going to have a vote Tuesday morning. Everyone knows there are not enough votes to support a filibuster, but it's an opportunity to people to express their opinion on what a bad choice it was to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.