“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordFebruary 11, 2010
Mr. President, I wish to make a unanimous consent request: that on the Democratic side, the sequence be Senator Kaufman of Delaware, Senator Harkin from Iowa, and then that I be third in line; and then if there are any Republicans who come to the floor seeking recognition, that they be taken in sequence so that there will be a Democrat speaker followed by a Republican speaker. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Senator from Iowa.
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Democratic · Illinois
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