Chuck Grassley: “I oppose this amendment simply because it is not needed. First, I will comment on the possibility of the Vice President…”

“I oppose this amendment simply because it is not needed. First, I will comment on the possibility of the Vice President of the United States having to vote today to break a tie. I predict that if the Vice President is in town and this vote is that close, the Vice President will be here and will have an opportunity to cast that vote. If the Vice President is in town to break a tie, there is going to be at least one person who supports that amendment who is going to vote against it just so we can have a tie vote, just so the President can cast his vote because the Vice President running for President of the United States is not going to break into his schedule with the tight vote he had in New Hampshire last night and avoid campaigning in the other States and waste his time here if he does not actually have to cast that vote. We are in for not only political moments on this issue, but we are in for some very constitutional moments on this issue as well. I like the theater that is going on this morning.”