"I think it could go a long way just on the front end."
"We can't support job-killing taxes and adding tens of billions to the already unsustainable national debt. The only reason the unemployment extension hasn't passed is because our friends on the other ..."
"But we can't support job-killing taxes and adding tens of billions to the already unsustainable to the national debt. So the only reason the unemployment extension hasn't passed is because our friends..."
"The filibuster is a tool that has been used to protect minority rights in the Senate."
"I believe it was Washington. It certainly was one of our founders who was quoted as saying at the constitutional convention the Senate was going to be like the saucer under the tea cup, and the tea wa..."
"Some members of the Democratic conference would like to eliminate the Senate's long-standing tradition of the freedom to debate and amend legislation."
"It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that I am not in favor of such a proposal."
"I made that statement, I believe that statement, but you changed the rules and we are now operating under your rules."
"It would be my commitment to ensure total and complete impartiality and to ensure that whether the poor or the rich came before me, that they would be treated fairly."
"I meant that the political system should take up the issue to assure that people have health care, yes, Senator, not in a legal or a rights sense at all."
"I am an emotional person about injustice at any level, personal, societal or global. There are wrongs that need to be righted, and that's how I see the law."
"We cannot allow endless taxpayer funded bailouts for big Wall Street banks. That's why we must not pass the financial reform bill that's about to hit the floor. This bill not only allows for taxpayer ..."