Political Quotes

“Part of the answer is it was divided government. The interesting thing about divided government is divided government can work better, and with more conversation, I think we could get beyond this impasse. I think if we would negotiate--and here is the problem. I know now there are some in your party saying you will negotiate but the President said at least, oh, 20, maybe 30, maybe 40 times on national television he will not negotiate until he gets his way and that is still essentially what you guys are saying. You will negotiate after you get your way. The problem is, we think you will not negotiate unless there is a deadline, because the thing is, when you finally did negotiate--and here is my question to the Senator from Illinois through the Presiding Officer--did you vote for the sequester? The sequester was not a Republican bill, it was voted on by many Members of your party. The numbers are yours. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time of the Senator from Kentucky has expired. Procedurally----”