Political Quotes

“But the issue that I raise, the Senator from Maryland has raised, and the Senator from Utah has raised relates to that question. It is, what is a supermajority and whether the Vice President's vote counts? And on that one, I think 100 of us ought to agree. Maybe there is a disagreement as to whether or not we should have a supermajority--and there is a disagreement--but there should be no disagreement, there ought to be absolute unanimity on a determination that this constitutional amendment be clear on the question as to whether or not the Vice President can break a tie and count towards the 51 votes. We should not leave that ambiguous. This is not a matter where there is a difference of opinion as to whether or not a supermajority is appropriate in order to raise revenues or not. This is a question of writing a constitutional amendment, knowing that a question, a critical question, is left open. It should not be left open. Because if it is, this constitutional crisis, which the Senator from West Virginia and the Senator from Maryland talked about, is something that we are inviting.”