Political Quotes

“Let me close briefly and say if the argument is being made by the Republican side that there is committee activity that should go on that is more important than this constitutional debate on the floor of the Senate, I would also make the argument that there is important floor activity that just could have taken place. We could have approved four more judges for President Bush at the circuit level, moved forward on a bipartisan basis, and done it before lunch. It was the decision on the Republican majority side that rather than bring this to a vote, bring it to closure, make progress, show we are working together on a bipartisan basis, instead they are going to continue to press for the so-called nuclear option so that Vice President Cheney can wipe away a 200-year tradition in the Senate with the wave of a hand. Unfortunately, that is a sad commentary on where we stand today. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.”