I think that we need to adjust the rules, not to become the House, but to become a restored, effective Senate with the power to deliberate so we can do our jobs and do them better.
the filibuster used to be the exception to the rule. In today's Senate, it is becoming a straitjacket.
one Congress cannot bind a subsequent Congress.
the threat of filibusters has become an almost daily fact of life in the Senate.
We should not limit our reform efforts to the filibuster, but look at all the rules.
I do think the problem is more of the culture than it is the rules, that the rules operated better in a previous era.
this bill would not diminish or affect the right of private property owners.
the bill would designate insect and disease emergency areas.
this bill would benefit Colorado by utilizing the streamlined national environmental policy provisions within the Health...
The area I wanted to focus on, but I also wanted to follow up on what Senator Warner was asking about--the first area is...
I am proud to be a co-sponsor of this important bill.