06/27/2011
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"The whole idea of the Senate is not to have majority rule. It is to force consensus."
"We will not have another hearing on the Abe Fortas nomination."
"It threatens the very nature of the Senate and I am referring to the resolution introduced by my friend, my colleague, my neighbor and the distinguished senator from New Mexico."
"Partisanship seems to have enveloped our politics over the last 30 years."