You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death. (Dick Durbin)

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

Dick Durbin

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