Political Quotes

“Madam President, let me press for a minute on this question, because with all due respect to the minority leader, until we can finally agree on that number, it is going to be hard to figure out a path forward. So my question to the minority leader is, so we can do this in a more public way---- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate has a cloture vote at this time. Mr. McCONNELL. Regular order. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the Reid-Baucus substitute amendment No. 4519 to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010: Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Edward E. Kaufman, Amy Klobuchar, Mark R. Warner, Jeff Merkley, Jack Reed, Jon Tester, John D. Rockefeller IV, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel K. Akaka, Sherrod Brown, Barbara A. Mikulski, Patty Murray, Jeff Bingaman, Debbie Stabenow, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on amendment No. 4519, offered by the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll.…”