Political Quotes

“I will try to do this in less than 3 minutes. I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and the following amendments be made pending en bloc: Landrieu No. 1113, Johnson No. 1117, Cardin No. 1159, and Grassley No. 1097; that the time until 5 p.m. today be equally divided and controlled in the usual form and that at 5 p.m. the Senate proceed to vote on the amendments listed; that there be 2 minutes of debate prior to each vote; that no second- degree amendments be in order to any of the amendments prior to the votes and that the amendments be subject to a 60-affirmative-vote threshold. I would also like to add that I would not object personally to having one of Senator Coburn's amendments added to this list, but this is the list I was given to ask unanimous consent for--just four amendments, two on flood insurance and the Grassley amendment on freedom of information regarding EPA. So we would have votes, all of them requiring a 60-vote threshold, with both sides having a side-by-side, which we sometimes do in this body so if someone wants to vote no they can then have something to vote yes for. This is the most reasonable way I could present this list to help us get a vote on flood insurance and another important amendment to Senator Grassley, a Republican. I am a Democrat, Senator Grassley is a Republican, so it is very balanced on each side. So I am asking unanimous consent to try to get a vote this afternoon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?…”