Richard Shelby actually said...

"As our financial markets began to show signs of improvement, many of the Fed's temporary lending facilities have been allowed to expire, and monetary policy has begun to normalize."

"His office insists the tactic is not about pork-barrel spending in his state. Instead, the issue is national security, specifically getting a new Air Force aerial refueling tanker and building a foren..."

"He says give me my pork, or I will bring the government to a halt."

"If we basically all agree--and I hope we do--that nothing is too big to fail, and if we have sound regulation, the power, that regulators have the tools to regulate and do their job, safety and soundn..."