We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it.

He'd sooner rather have his nails pulled out than sit in the United States Senate with 99 others guys who think they should be president.

Evan Bayh is a true leader in the United States Senate. He's one of the Democratic Party's rising stars and has a very exciting future ahead. We are thrilled to welcome him to South Carolina and look forward to hearing his vision for America.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.

The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.