Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I again say we are rapidly coming to a close. Again, the sooner we can get to voting, the sooner we will close out the business for the day and probably for the week. I again would point out that we have Senator Bingaman's amendment No. 2111 yet to be called up. Senator Portman has two amendments--Nos. 2146 and 2145. Those basically are the only ones left to be brought up. So I would urge them to come and others who have indicated they want to come and speak on the amendments that are pending. The McCain amendment, the Sanders amendment, the Murkowski amendment, the Durbin amendment, and the Paul amendment are still pending. People have indicated they want to come over and speak on these various amendments. I would hope they would do so, so we can perhaps get to voting on the amendments and final passage of the bill sooner rather than later. With that, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.”