#senator

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator. ↗

— Joe Biden

#except #father #i #i am #including

I have never left another senator out to dry. Never. ↗

— Joe Biden

#dry #i #left #never #out

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #being #difference #feel #i

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#congressman #cut #every #getting #going

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry. ↗

— Howard Dean

#fact #iraq #kerry #like #senator

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#ben #code #i #i am #opposed

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#calls #happy #him #i #iraq

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes from the very nature of what judges do. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#comes #discuss #how #judges #judicial

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man. ↗

— Joe Biden

#good #good old days #i #man #my own