05/07/2009
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"the filibuster should not be used to frustrate the very purpose of the Senate procedures, to foster discussion."
"Obviously, if we had bipartisan consensus, we wouldn't have to debate whether we need 67, 60, or a majority."
"I indict both parties for this conduct. It is not just the Republican Party that is now in the Minority."
"Our appointments process now undermines the very purposes it was designed to serve."