Robert Byrd: “This isn't the average. This is deplorable, is what it is. It's not average, and it's not acceptable.”

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

Never, in my view, had America been led by such a dangerous head of state.

Senator Robert Byrd, the expert extraordinary on the Senate, spent weeks on end trying to figure out a way that you could assure the passage of bills that pertained to the budget and not destroy the filibuster rule.

I have said that, as long as the Senate retains the power to amend and the power of unlimited debate, the liberties of the people will remain secure.