Political Quotes

“Mr. President, you might notice a pattern here. This pattern is going to continue. This pattern is going to continue because this is unjust. This is unrealistic. This is unsustainable. This used to be a body that prided itself on being the world's greatest deliberative legislative body. It is a body that has its own unique protections attached to it. Article I of the Constitution sets out the parameters of the Senate, and it makes clear that it will consist of exactly two Members representing each State. The one and only kind of constitutional amendment that is preemptively unconstitutional, that cannot be adopted, is that type of amendment that would undo this fundamental, sacred principle of equal representation among and between the States in the Senate. You cannot do that. They did this with a distinct purpose in mind: that we would have the ability to represent the States as States; that we would not be just a roving commission on what was satisfactory or whether the House of Representatives had done its homework but that we would be our own independent legislative body. We would be betraying our oath to the Constitution and those whom we represent if we didn't do this. This used to be a place, for that very reason--in fact, until quite recently, it was a place where any Senator could have any amendment considered on any legislation.…”