Arlen Specter: “If we have third reading, we will not need a cloture motion. I am persuaded by the eloquence of the Senator's argument.”

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

The reason we serve is to ensure that our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'