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The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you defy the American people, none of your nominees will be confirmed.'

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.

I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in a box and say, 'Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.'

It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.

Every member of the Senate has a constitutional duty to follow the Constitution and to uphold the Constitution.

It shouldn't take a constitutional crisis or an attack on the nation to create honest dialogue in the Senate.

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility.

I will not vote for - and no senator should vote for - anyone who will not render justice impartially.

It is illegal for the budget department to discriminate among senators.