During an appearance on '' Face the Nation '' on April 3 , 2011 , Graham " suggested that Congress take unspecified though formal action against the Koran-burning by Florida preacher Terry Jones , " in light of an attack on United Nations personnel triggered by Jones ' actions . In asserting that " Congress might need to explore the need to limit some forms of freedom of speech , " Graham argued that " Free speech is a great idea , but we 're in a war , " and claimed that " during World War II , we had limits on what you could say if it would inspire the enemy . " On May 23 , 2005 , Graham was one of the so-called Gang of 14 senators to forge a compromise that brought a halt to the continued blockage of an up-or-down vote on judicial nominees . This compromise negated both the Democrats ' use of a filibuster and the Republican " nuclear option " as described in the media . Under the agreement , the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an " extraordinary circumstance " , and subsequently , three conservative Bush appellate court nominees ( Janice Rogers Brown , Priscilla Owen and William H. Pryor Jr. ) received a vote by the full Senate
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