“We need to work through this. . . . My goodness, 
you’ve got 100 United States senators. Some of us might be moderately intelligent enough to figure this out. We would, I think, debase our system and fail our country if we don’t do this.
“But you can’t give up a minority-rights tool in the interest of the country, like the filibuster.”
—Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., discussing an impending Senate rules change by Republicans
that would effectively end that body’s unique
filibuster tactic, during an appearance on ABC’s
“This Week,” May 8, 2005
that would effectively end that body’s unique
filibuster tactic, during an appearance on ABC’s
“This Week,” May 8, 2005
