Orrin Hatch: “No question that we usually do not have a filibuster on a motion to proceed, because if any of my colleagues are going…”

“No question that we usually do not have a filibuster on a motion to proceed, because if any of my colleagues are going to filibuster, they should filibuster the bill. By filibustering the motion to proceed, they can delay a vote on that for 3 days. Then they can filibuster the bill and delay that for another 3 days, which eats up 6 days at a crucial time of the year when we are trying to do all of the appropriations bills, a prescription drug benefit and Medicare reform, asbestos reform, judges, a whole raft of other very important issues, including the Energy bill. So by eating up all this time it makes it difficult to pass any of these matters, and it makes one wonder what in the world is behind all of this.”