Tom Udall actually said...

What is truly wrong with our rules is that they have become entrenched against change, something our Founders never intended.

I hope that by reforming our rules, we can restore some of the collegiality and bipartisanship that our Founders intended for the Senate.

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 ...

One of the arguments that is made is that if we change the Senate rules, somehow the Senate will become identical to the House.