Political Quotes

“I know Senator Lincoln was hoping to come over this morning. What I will do at this point in time, if I may reserve those 2 minutes, seeing that Senator Lincoln is not yet here, we can move to the Democratic side of the aisle, if Senator Boxer is ready to proceed. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The motion having been made, under the previous order there will now be up to 5\1/2\ hours of debate on the motion to proceed with the time divided and controlled, in alternating 30-minute blocks, by the Senator from California and Senator from Alaska.”