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“The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.” - Sen. Harry Reid, 2005
“I sense that talk of the nuclear option is more about power than about fairness … I believe some of my colleagues propose this rules change because they can get away with it rather than because they know it’s good for our democracy. The American people want less partisanship in this town, but everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster – if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate – then the fighting and the bitterness and the gridlock will only get worse.” - Sen. Barack Obama, 2005
“You cannot change the Senate rules by a pure majority vote. Watch the vice president ignore –
he’s not required to look to an unelected officer — but that has been
the practice for 218 years. He will make the ruling, which is a lie. A lie about the
rule. This is what’s really going on here,
the majority doesn’t want to hear what others have to say even if it’s
the truth. The nuclear option abandons America’s
sense of fair play. I say to my friends on the Republican
side, you may own the field right now, but you won’t own it forever. I pray God, when the Democrats take back control, we
don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing.” - Sen. Joe Biden, 2005
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