The country is better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. Sixty percent is not a democracy.

McConnell is facing reality, and it bothers him a lot. The filibuster is on its way out. It’s not a question if. It’s a question of when it goes away.

The filibuster is nondemocratic. It has been used to the disarray of the Congress. And, certainly, it hasn’t been anything that has helped -- been helpful to the American people. It’s got to go.

I have been for statehood for D.C. forever. And how can we, as a country, have the federal enclave treated differently than the other 50 states? It’s not -- it’s not right.

Barack Obama will go down as having the most successful Congress in the history of the country. Barack Obama changed the world.

As a result of that, Barack Obama will go down as having the most successful Congress in the history of the country. Barack Obama changed the world.

The filibuster is going away. It is nothing that helps the country. It doesn’t help states. It doesn’t help individuals. It is on its way out. It’s a question of when it goes.

The Democratic Party, their vice chairman wears a T-shirt that says we're for open borders.

With the deepest regret, I now see that I was wrong.

it is unclear what . . . duty [third-party set-top box providers] would have to protect programming content or otherwise comply with the licensing agreements

real value . . . not in producing or selling the [set-top] box but in the data that the box will collect.

Oh, Jerry, you just need to understand we are not going to do anything.

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I ask unanimous consent that lots and lots of stuff I have done be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: REDUCING TAX BURDENS FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES…

Mitch, thank you very much for those nice remarks. Mr. President, I have heard for years--especially from the press and others--how do you get along with Mitch McConnell? It is obvious it is not very good. It is simple, everybody. He and I…

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