I just came back from the spring break with 24 town meetings, and one of the strong messages that came through was peopl...
The extent to which I say there are problems, I described the problems.
I believe that my approach, I think, covers that adequately and that is why I am still after 15 years, and have been eve...
At the beginning of the next Congress, I will move for the Senate to end debate and adopt its rules by a simple majority...
I'd like to thank Chairman Harkin and Senators Murkowski, Brown, Casey, and Bennet for their leadership on efforts to im...
Bypassing the committee process is dangerous.
I think that is an excellent idea. I like the idea that it would be in a stepwise fashion reduced to a simple majority o...
Thank you, Senator Harkin, and thank you to the members of the committee.
A super majority requirement for all legislation and nominees would, as Alexander Hamilton explained, mean that a small ...
Research proves that students learn best when their academic, emotional, physical, and social needs are all met.
Senator Lott offered to work with us, and, along with Senator Byrd, we crafted a proposal that was more workable and enf...
What I object to is not the use of holds, because I do that myself, but the word 'secret' in secret holds.
The three of us, Mr. Chairman, just want to bring some transparency to the practice of holds in the Senate.
One of the most stinging criticisms leveled at the No Child Left Behind Act is that it has caused schools, especially th...
So, over a decade ago, as Senator Wyden has said, we started with a simple proposed rule that any Senator placing a hold...
I am willing to give it up. I hope others are willing to give it up, I think, for the benefit of having a better functio...
We should discuss options for amending the rules, such as Senator Harkin's proposal.
I do not think one of those votes has cost anybody an election yet, but I guess we go through that exercise.
