It provides for debate and deliberation.
Nominations as we have noted came out with overwhelming votes, if not unanimous votes, out of Committee.
if you do not like fighting fires, then do not become a fireman; and if you do not like casting tough votes, then do not run for the U.S. Se...
The idea that Senator Byrd, the late, great Senator Byrd, when he was extraordinarily ill, had to be forced to come to the floor to provide ...
It is not going to get better. It is going to get worse because every time they do a filibuster on us, we are going to do two on them.
I predicted at that time that an arms race was underway.
It strikes me that this really is offensive, that someone says, I have got to protect my rights, but in absentia, I have got things to do ba...
I guess when I moved from the House to the Senate I was looking forward to Senate debate.
The inability to appoint conferees by unanimous consent was always done. The leader picked the name.
the filibuster is an indispensable tool for controlling the effects of partisanship and factionalism...
Do not you believe that there should come an obligation with those who initiate the filibuster to at least be present?
I do believe that we have reached a point now where the American people are losing faith in this institution.
Complaints are everywhere heard that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties...
The human cost is there for judges, as well.
I remember Senator Dole saying to me, 'I am supposed to be the leader around here,' and this was when we were in the minority, and, he said,...
And one of the things that has disturbed me, Mr. Chairman, as much as all of the filibusters and the holds, is that we are not having confer...
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) agreement addresses the nuclear stockpile levels.
has there been any discussion about how nations who are party to the agreement will ensure all parties are meeting their obligations?
