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The filibuster is giving a veto to the gun industry, a veto to the oil industry, a veto on immigration, if we want to make progress, it's time to end the filibuster. – Elizabeth Warren	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I am very open to revisiting the whole filibuster question, i was one of the people who actually thought the filibuster protected minority perspectives, but notice we are in the minority and our views are ignored most of the time. So I would like to talk about filibuster reform, sure. – Mazie Hirono	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think we have to continue to maintain the institutions of the Senate, and the filibuster has long since been an important part of that for the minority, and I would not favor getting rid of that. – Doug Jones	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Bernie supports the filibuster, but I want to get rid of the filibuster because I want to get something done. – Elizabeth Warren	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I don't know how I am going to vote yet, but I wasn't happy, i spend a lot of time preparing for these hearings I am trying to understand how the nominees think. When nominees filibuster me and disrespect the United States Senate and the Judiciary, that causes me to wonder if they will do that to a United States senator, how they are going to treat a litigant ? And, I am not happy with the nominee. – United States	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What I'm saying, it is not the real world to think Mitch McConnell is going to embrace a major effort to mobilize against the climate crisis. United States's United States, united States's why we Democrats need to take away the filibuster from Mitch McConnell. – Jay Inslee	Found on CNN 4 years ago
To prevent the omnibus situation from ever happening again, I'm calling on Congress to give me a line item veto for all government spending bills and the Senate must end -- they must end -- the filibuster rule and get down to work. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
When the Democrat filibuster of the government funding bill ends, the serious, bipartisan negotiations that have been going on for months now to resolve our unfinished business -- military spending; disaster relief; healthcare; immigration and border security -- will continue, it would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible … Importantly, when I proceed to the immigration debate, it will have an amendment process that is fair to all sides. But the first step in any of this is re-opening the government and preventing any further delay. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I let you give like a three-minute filibuster at the very top. – Jake Tapper	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
And if I have to filibuster on the Senate floor, I ’ll even read the King James Bible until the wall is funded. – Mo Brooks	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
He apparently hasn't served in a legislative body because had we not had the filibuster rule this country would have been gone a long time ago -- would have gone straight to socialism. – House Republican	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Absent the filibuster presidents will have much less incentive to find moderate, compromise nominees, if Trump is able to confirm extreme conservatives, and future Democratic presidents extreme liberals, there will be more disagreement on an already divided Court. – Adam Winkler	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We should be giving this person a hearing and an up or down vote, to not do so is violative of the United States Constitution. Now the tables are turned. Senate Republicans are in control of the Senate and the White House, and while a confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch hangs in the balance, the hypocrisy of The Democrats is on full display. Chuck Schumer, not the Senate Minority Leader, has had a change of heart. The Democrats intend to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch, meaning The Democrats ’ll need 60votes or a change of Senate rules to get through. – Corey Booker	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The Senate will confirm Judge Gorsuch despite the filibuster. – Lamar Alexander	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The filibuster is effectively gone. If you don't filibuster Gorsuch, McConnell will just get rid of it next time. – Adam Jentleson	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I respect my Democratic colleagues, but this is stupidity, if they want to cause an Armageddon, wait 'til the next nominee is nominated. Then, if they don't like that, that's perhaps when they could use the filibuster. But to use it on a nominee like Neil Gorsuch -- that's just crazy. – Orrin Hatch	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We will not have successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee, because if we have to we will change the rules, and looks like we are going to have to, i hate that, I really, really do. – Lindsey Graham	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I will oppose efforts to filibuster the nomination, and strongly encourage my colleagues not to use the nuclear option. – Michael Bennet	Found on CNN 7 years ago
What's happening in America is that the base of each party is demanding those things and unfortunately, the Senate has been willing to respond to the base to break the rules for a short-term outcome that changes the nature of the Senate, both sides have abused the heck out of the filibuster. – Bob Corker	Found on CNN 7 years ago
As I've said before, the Senate will revisit this important issue over the current work period, we'll give Democrats another opportunity to end their filibuster of funding that's critical to controlling Zika and supporting our veterans. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I don't think we should filibuster the Supreme Court nominee or any judgeship nominees. We wouldn't have to filibuster. – Orrin Hatch	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If I resign any time this year, he could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court, [The Senate Democrats] took off the filibuster for lower federal court appointments, but it remains for this court. So anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He's been exposed to more classified meetings and other things like that, and yet he's independent enough to stand up in front of us and filibuster if he needs to get his point across, trump, I don't know anything about him. I know he used to be a liberal. So is he real? I don't know. – Bill Mackie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Look they give great speeches, they filibuster, and I am proud they have large bladders, but that is not enough. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal	Found on CNN 8 years ago

The filibuster is giving a veto to the gun industry, a veto to the oil industry, a veto on immigration, if we want to make progress, it's time to end the filibuster.

– Elizabeth Warren

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I am very open to revisiting the whole filibuster question, i was one of the people who actually thought the filibuster protected minority perspectives, but notice we are in the minority and our views are ignored most of the time. So I would like to talk about filibuster reform, sure.

– Mazie Hirono

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think we have to continue to maintain the institutions of the Senate, and the filibuster has long since been an important part of that for the minority, and I would not favor getting rid of that.

– Doug Jones

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Bernie supports the filibuster, but I want to get rid of the filibuster because I want to get something done.

– Elizabeth Warren

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I don't know how I am going to vote yet, but I wasn't happy, i spend a lot of time preparing for these hearings I am trying to understand how the nominees think. When nominees filibuster me and disrespect the United States Senate and the Judiciary, that causes me to wonder if they will do that to a United States senator, how they are going to treat a litigant ? And, I am not happy with the nominee.

– United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What I'm saying, it is not the real world to think Mitch McConnell is going to embrace a major effort to mobilize against the climate crisis. United States's United States, united States's why we Democrats need to take away the filibuster from Mitch McConnell.

– Jay Inslee

Found on CNN
4 years ago

To prevent the omnibus situation from ever happening again, I'm calling on Congress to give me a line item veto for all government spending bills and the Senate must end -- they must end -- the filibuster rule and get down to work.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When the Democrat filibuster of the government funding bill ends, the serious, bipartisan negotiations that have been going on for months now to resolve our unfinished business -- military spending; disaster relief; healthcare; immigration and border security -- will continue, it would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible … Importantly, when I proceed to the immigration debate, it will have an amendment process that is fair to all sides. But the first step in any of this is re-opening the government and preventing any further delay.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I let you give like a three-minute filibuster at the very top.

– Jake Tapper

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

And if I have to filibuster on the Senate floor, I ’ll even read the King James Bible until the wall is funded.

– Mo Brooks

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He apparently hasn't served in a legislative body because had we not had the filibuster rule this country would have been gone a long time ago -- would have gone straight to socialism.

– House Republican

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Absent the filibuster presidents will have much less incentive to find moderate, compromise nominees, if Trump is able to confirm extreme conservatives, and future Democratic presidents extreme liberals, there will be more disagreement on an already divided Court.

– Adam Winkler

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We should be giving this person a hearing and an up or down vote, to not do so is violative of the United States Constitution. Now the tables are turned. Senate Republicans are in control of the Senate and the White House, and while a confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch hangs in the balance, the hypocrisy of The Democrats is on full display. Chuck Schumer, not the Senate Minority Leader, has had a change of heart. The Democrats intend to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch, meaning The Democrats ’ll need 60votes or a change of Senate rules to get through.

– Corey Booker

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The Senate will confirm Judge Gorsuch despite the filibuster.

– Lamar Alexander

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The filibuster is effectively gone. If you don't filibuster Gorsuch, McConnell will just get rid of it next time.

– Adam Jentleson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I respect my Democratic colleagues, but this is stupidity, if they want to cause an Armageddon, wait 'til the next nominee is nominated. Then, if they don't like that, that's perhaps when they could use the filibuster. But to use it on a nominee like Neil Gorsuch -- that's just crazy.

– Orrin Hatch

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We will not have successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee, because if we have to we will change the rules, and looks like we are going to have to, i hate that, I really, really do.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I will oppose efforts to filibuster the nomination, and strongly encourage my colleagues not to use the nuclear option.

– Michael Bennet

Found on CNN
7 years ago

What's happening in America is that the base of each party is demanding those things and unfortunately, the Senate has been willing to respond to the base to break the rules for a short-term outcome that changes the nature of the Senate, both sides have abused the heck out of the filibuster.

– Bob Corker

Found on CNN
7 years ago

As I've said before, the Senate will revisit this important issue over the current work period, we'll give Democrats another opportunity to end their filibuster of funding that's critical to controlling Zika and supporting our veterans.

– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I don't think we should filibuster the Supreme Court nominee or any judgeship nominees. We wouldn't have to filibuster.

– Orrin Hatch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If I resign any time this year, he could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the court, [The Senate Democrats] took off the filibuster for lower federal court appointments, but it remains for this court. So anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.

– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He's been exposed to more classified meetings and other things like that, and yet he's independent enough to stand up in front of us and filibuster if he needs to get his point across, trump, I don't know anything about him. I know he used to be a liberal. So is he real? I don't know.

– Bill Mackie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Look they give great speeches, they filibuster, and I am proud they have large bladders, but that is not enough.

– Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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