Political Quotes

“that sets the final vote on our bill to fix No Child Left Behind tomorrow morning at 10:45 a.m. I don't think there is any doubt what the result will be. We have had a series of votes that give a pretty clear indication of where the Senate is. The vote today was 84 to 12 to cut off debate and move to the final vote. Senators who wish to speak between now and then can do that. Senator Murray, in her remarks, mentioned how good this process has been, and I wish to call that to the attention of Senators as well. The Senate can operate pretty well under the rules that it has if Senators will agree to cooperate with one another. I said before that I think one reason Senator Murray works so well toward a result, even though she is a partisan leader in the Democratic conference, is because she used to be a preschool teacher, and in kindergarten you learn how to work well with others and that is true in her case. That is actually true with all of the members of our committee. We have as much divergence on our committee, with 22 members, as does any committee. I will not name the names of the Senators, but there is almost no one who can dispute that. Yet we went through a process, which Senator Murray and I agreed on at her suggestion, and this is what happened: We had 22 members in the committee vote yes to move the bill to the floor. That is every single member of the committee.…”