Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I yield 5 minutes to the senior Senator from Arizona. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I think it is very clear the vote today will result in a significant majority vote for the pending legislation--the so-called tax extenders--and I will be one of those who will be voting for it as well. But I must say, in the brief time I have, there is almost an Orwellian experience on the floor of the Senate as compared with the rest of America. Here we are, about to pass these necessary tax extenders--necessary to give some kind of certainty to businesses across America, small and large, and to give tax breaks to people in these most difficult times, including my home State of Arizona. But rather than just extending the tax breaks, which is what a majority of Americans want, we have engaged in the continuing practice--a practice that has alienated the majority of American people--of loading up with unneeded, unnecessary, unwanted sweeteners in order to, I guess, get votes or satisfy special interests. The Wall Street Journal, this morning, had an article entitled ``The Hawkeye Handouts,'' stating the tax bill is becoming a ``favor festival,'' starting with ethanol. It goes on to talk about the ethanol extension being the bipartisan handiwork of people who direct subsidies and trade protectionism plus mandates that force consumers to buy ethanol.…”