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.
Peter Fenn
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.
Jim Bunning
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.
Peter Fenn
There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.
Tony Snow
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Clare Boothe Luce
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Clare Boothe Luce
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
Dick Durbin
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