Orrin Hatch actually said...

This bill would provide a federal match of 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

Both conservative and liberal legal scholars agree that a simple majority can change Senate rules at the beginning of the new Congress.

Let me be clear, if Project Constellation is cancelled, our Nation will not, in the near-future, be able to travel beyond low-Earth orbit.

The Senate exercises its constitutional authority to determine its procedural rules, either implicitly or explicitly.