Political Quotes

“It is a tax writeoff to give to charity. All I am saying is that is certainly another option if my friend wanted to change it. I just think it is simple. We just want to be treated the same as other Federal employees, and that is how I have structured it. I spoke about this issue this morning. I wrote this bill with the support of Casey, Manchin, Tester, Nelson of Nebraska, Bennet, Warner, Wyden, Coons, Harkin, Hagan, Menendez, Stabenow, Merkley, and Rockefeller. There is a growing consensus that we want to avoid a shutdown at any cost. I am hoping we will avoid it. There could come a moment where it is forced upon us. There are lots of stories--who will get the blame for this, that, and the other. To me, that is not important. What is important to me is that we sacrifice--we in the Senate and in the House as well. I am hopeful that if we get this done and send this over to Speaker Boehner that he will get it through his body over there, and we can get this done and send it to the President. It impacts the President too. We say the President cannot get paid either because the deal is we have to work with the President to come up with a compromise. Senator Leahy has a good suggestion. Some people might like that option better. I believe this should be kept very simple; that in the case of a government shutdown we are treated the same way as other Federal employees.…”