“They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.”
Clare Boothe Luce
“I don't think anybody today sees a reason for a filibuster, but they may after the hearing if the answers are troubling to them or they feel they haven't gotten the answers to important questions.”
Carl Tobias
“He's filibustering, senator. But okay, go ahead,”
Joe Biden
“We couldn't break the filibuster without making some changes, we have to break the filibuster so we can at least have the House and the Senate both have a bill,”
Russ Feingold
“the first filibuster of the year, and may be the last.”
Harry Reid
“If he [John Roberts] is a Miguel Estrada and just refuses abjectly to answer everything, it would make a filibuster more likely,”
Charles Schumer
“Now we're at a point where the filibuster against Bolton -- and yes, I'll call it a filibuster until we get an up-or-down vote -- is continuing,”
Bill Frist
