Robert Byrd: “I will be carefully monitoring the changes you have implemented that will, I hope, greatly reduce the amount of time…”

the use of force authority granted to the President extends only to the perpetrators of the September 11 attack.

This isn't the average. This is deplorable, is what it is. It's not average, and it's not acceptable.

I find this tactic contrary to every Senator's duty to act in good faith.

The Senate has been the last fortress of minority rights and freedom of speech in this Republic for more than two centuries. I pray the Senators will pause and reflect before ignoring that history and tradition in favor of the political…