Political Quotes

“when we first came back and began this Congress in January, there was a lot of talk about bipartisanship at that time due primarily to the fact that the Senate was equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, and we knew we better act in a bipartisan way or not a lot would get done. Since that time, of course, the Democratic Party has taken the majority, by virtue of the transfer from a Republican to an independent status, and we now have 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and one independent in the Senate; therefore, the Senate is under the control of the Democratic Party as the majority party. But we have a Republican administration and no less of a requirement to work together in a bipartisan fashion. The distinguished President pro tempore chairs a committee which, by its very nature, requires bipartisanship.”