Bob Bennett: “I think that is gross incompetence.”

the current Majority Leader has used this tactic at a rate more than double that of his predecessor and five times as often as the last five Majority Leaders combined.

If we did away with the dual track... then you do have the 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,' but the Senate cannot function.

the whole question of minority rights in the Senate is one of the most significant ones we can deal with, and the filibuster has changed over the years.

I think they are basically irrelevant.