The senators who oppose the bill would instead use the money to pay for highway demonstration projects.

But senators from both sides used the issue as a stage to cast themselves as the true defenders of Senate rights, responsibilities and traditions.

Many Democratic senators share those fears and may well use their enhanced power to force the administration to proceed more slowly than it would like.

It was obvious, now, why the senator had not used him.

The senators used their votes to send different signals.

One senator even used his alloted time to urge the nominee to visit an Indian reservation.

I think the senators uses the Internet for just e-mail.

Such an agreement would override all the rules senators can use to block action.

The Liberal senators used other tactics to delay Senate business.

The memorandum does say that senators should use the filibuster only in "extraordinary" circumstances.