the old idea that if you wanted to filibuster, you had to get on the floor and make a spectacle of yourself... had been replaced by a more subtle, silent filibuster.
In early 1975, Senator Mondale, together with Senator Byrd, successfully led the bipartisan debate which resulted in ame...
I would guarantee them those rights.
The constitutional remedy was invoked by majority rule in 1975, and the compromise was adopted by a large bipartisan vot...
the filibuster should not be used to frustrate the very purpose of the Senate procedures, to foster discussion.
we ought to restore it to its traditional role as the deliberative body where we have amendments and we have debate.
Obviously, if we had bipartisan consensus, we wouldn't have to debate whether we need 67, 60, or a majority.
It is the Senate where the Founding Fathers established a repository of checks and balances.
I indict both parties for this conduct. It is not just the Republican Party that is now in the Minority.
It is clear that the topic of right to debate and the use of the filibuster are of deep interest to members of this Comm...
Senator Byrd complained about lobbyists walking into senators' offices and asking them to place holds on bills.