Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. In just a few minutes--sometime before the hour of 12--I am going to be asking for unanimous consent to correct a mistake that was made in the final negotiations of this tax package, which contains, as you know, $890 billion worth of items. It is a big bill. It was negotiated with the White House and the Republican leadership primarily, and then the Democratic leaders had some input into it as well. What happened was--and, Mr. President, please stop me in a minute and a half--there was a misunderstanding, a terrible misunderstanding when it came down to the GO Zone housing credits. All of the GO Zone package was put in the bill except for the $42 million-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has used a minute.”