Senate Tradition Quotes

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.

I read where they are going to limit debate in the Senate. It used to be that a man could talk all day, but now, as soon as he tells all he knows, he has to sit down. Most of these birds will just be getting up and nodding now. Why, some of them won't be able to answer roll call.

I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.

The attitudes of senators towards the institution and its processes, toward debate and toward one another, have evolved in ways that maximize the convenience of individual senators at the expense of the Senate's business.

When a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee.

The historic function of a Senator from Oregon is to drive all the other Senators mad.

He's a nice guy who will never change the Senate. He is the Senate. Eighteen years in politics, and he's got two cousins who are senators, too. Mark Udall's dad even ran for president.