Political Quotes

“Mr. President, talk continues to swirl about eliminating the legislative filibuster here in the U.S. Senate. The Democratic leader has threatened that if Republicans don't vote the way he wants them to vote on legislation, eliminating the filibuster will be on the table. In an interview where he issued his threat, the Democratic leader made it very clear that he is not inviting Republicans to work with Democrats on legislation. This isn't an invitation for both parties to sit down at the table and arrive at an agreement that both parties can support. No. This is an invitation for Republicans to support exactly what Democrats want or face the consequences. It is ironic that the Democratic leader would be taking that position today because this is what he was saying back in 2017 about the legislative filibuster. This is the Democratic leader saying the ``legislative filibuster'' is ``the most important distinction between the Senate and the House. Let's find a way to further protect the 60- vote rule for legislation.'' So the Democratic leader was very supportive of this back in 2017, when they were using it extensively to try and stop or slow Republican legislation. The assistant Democratic leader, the Democratic whip, Senator Durbin from Illinois, said this in January 2018: I can tell you that would be the end of the Senate as it was originally devised and created going back to our Founding Fathers.…”