Senators do not melt.
While the membership of the Senate will change, problems posed by the abuse of the filibuster are not going away.
However, far too often in today's Senate is the decision to begin debate itself is filibustered.
Senator Byrd complained about lobbyists walking into senators' offices and asking them to place holds on bills.
It is not the minority that is the obstructionists.
It is time to consider the reforms that have been suggested by Senator Harkin.
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, m...
Partisanship seems to have enveloped our politics over the last 30 years.
Again, these are very interesting ideas. I know you, Senator Bennet, have been pushing this for a long time.