If I could wave my magic wand and do one thing, it would be to move the Senate to a schedule which was five days a week, three weeks on and ...
I believe the Constitution provides a solution to this problem.
I do not see that the leverage of another filibuster, which is still going to require 60 votes when you get to the Bill itself, is a necessa...
What does a filibuster really accomplish other than delay and, in some cases, defeat of a nomination?
I worry about the Senate as an institution, but then I worry, if the Senate is not working as an institution, then we are not doing the thin...
I do think the problem is more of the culture than it is the rules, that the rules operated better in a previous era.
I believe more strongly than ever that our Senate rules are broken.
Unlike those specific changes to the rules, which I think all deserve our consideration, my proposal is to make each Senate accountable for ...
Wouldn't you think if we had a tradition of adopting rules every 2 years, that would bring accountability to the system more than anything?
legislative entrenchment has long been recognized as an illegal procedure.
I think one of the real problems is that with supermajorities required for just about everything, it does make it hard for the public to hol...
The intent of both of these proposals is to make the Senate more like the Senate and actually require debate about the topic that is being f...
The rules get abused.
We need to come together on this for the good of the Senate and the good of the country.
I think that the principle you have recognized is an important one, the principle with different presiding officers.
the Senate will remain a distinctive body and instead the Senate will become much closer to its ideal.
Many of my colleagues, as well as constitutional scholars, agree with me that a simple majority of the Senate can end debate and adopt its r...
It is more important than ever to remove the longstanding roadblocks to energy development on tribal lands.
