10/07/2009
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"If your premise is correct, that that Congress in 1974 had no right to bind the Congress of today, then the whole reconciliation process is gone."
"I hope that by reforming our rules, we can restore some of the collegiality and bipartisanship that our Founders intended for the Senate."
"What is truly wrong with our rules is that they have become entrenched against change, something our Founders never intended."
"To me, today's hearing is not about examining the current use of the filibuster, but the abuse of the filibuster."