Robert Byrd: “Thank you for more than 40 years of standing up for coalminers.”

Bob, I will never know the rules as well as you do. I will make a deal with you. I will not surprise you if you will not surprise me.

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

The Framers recognized that a minority can be right and that a majority can be wrong.

If Congress cannot pass a budget, then we should not be paid.