Political Quotes

“All of the GOP Senators just signed a letter to the leadership this morning saying we should not move forward with this as representatives of the new mandate. It seems that change has come to the Senate tonight with the death of this $1.1 trillion bill. Mr. McCAIN. I have no doubt. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I---- Mr. McCAIN. I am not finished. Do I have the floor? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, the Senator from Arizona has the floor. Mr. McCAIN. I appreciate the regular order. This may be a seminal moment in the recent history of the Senate. This may be a seminal moment that stops the practice which has moved power all to the appropriators in this body--a few--and taken it away from the rest of us and may return us to an authorizing and then appropriating process. But most importantly, I think it is a seminal moment because for the first time since I have been here, we stood up and said: Enough. Stop.”