Political Quotes

“I knew that was going to happen because the majority party has decided to allow no amendments on this bill, which is a shame. It is the reason I voted against cloture on the bill yesterday, because I think it is only fair that we get to offer amendments on such an important and expensive bill. This is one of the amendments that I think should be allowed. We will be making other efforts during the year to get the sales tax deductibility enacted into law because it is a question of fairness for these seven States. I know the Senators from those seven States join me in fighting for this. We fought together before, and we are going to continue to fight to try to make sure this deductibility, as a matter of fairness for our citizens, is maintained in Federal law.”