Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to be heard on this amendment. We were told to stay here tonight so we could offer amendments. I have had an amendment pending since this bill was brought to the floor. I have not been able to bring it up. We were told we could stay here tonight and offer amendments. In good faith, I stayed here to offer an amendment. Now I am told we can't offer amendments because of the pending amendment, and we can't set it aside. What kind of games are being played around here? I had this amendment pending ever since the beginning, and I have not been allowed to bring it up. With cloture tomorrow, it would fall. What does it mean that we should stay around here to offer amendments tonight, when there is a pending amendment we can't set aside? If that is the game we are going to play, I am going to put in a quorum call and we will not call it off.”