Political Quotes

“later today, the majority leader will use the so-called nuclear option to once again break the Senate rules. This is going to be the latest episode in a series of decisions that have been made around here--mostly by the majority leader but not only by the majority leader--to degrade the Senate's responsibility to advise and consent. What has happened here is a travesty. We have destroyed--this generation of American politicians has decided that somehow we have prerogatives that the people who came before us didn't exercise. I think part of the problem we have is that people are so sick and tired of the dysfunction around this place, they are not even paying attention to what is happening here even though, in theory, it is happening in their name. Two days ago--on the first of April, fittingly--the majority leader wrote an op-ed laying out his case. He wrote: Since January 2017, for the first time in memory, a minority has exploited procedure to systematically obstruct a President from staffing up his administration. Let's read that again. Since January 2017, for the first time in memory, a minority has exploited procedure to systematically obstruct a President from staffing up his administration. Senator McConnell went on to write: Crucial jobs are still being held empty out of political spite.…”