Chuck Schumer: Changing Senate rules by majority vote

Chuck Schumer (D) · U.S. Senator (NY)

Topic: Changing Senate rules by majority vote

THEN · 2005-05-10

“I will do everything I can to prevent the nuclear option from being invoked not for the sake of myself or my party but for the sake of this great Republic and its traditions.”

Source: Senate floor remarks, Congressional Record vol. 151, pt. 7, p. 8987 (GovInfo)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

NOW · 2022-01-19

“The only way to achieve our goal of passing voting rights, ending dark money, and ending partisan gerrymandering is by changing the rules”

Source: Senate floor remarks (Senate Democrats official site)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

Context: 2005 concerned judicial nominations; 2022 was a proposed one-time rules change for voting rights bills.

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