Political Quotes

“the point I was making is that the gentleman's concern with his own personal reputation did not seem to me to be all that relevant to the debate. The question is, what has the House been able to do? And the compliance bill was considered under a procedure which allowed no amendments whatsoever. Similarly on the balanced budget amendment, which the gentleman talks about, some amendments were allowed and some were not. I went to the Committee on Rules with an amendment which got the most votes of any amendment offered in the Committee on the Judiciary. It is the one that allowed a full debate on the question of separating out the receipts and outlays of Social Security from the balanced budget. And the Committee on Rules, under the gentleman's direction, refused to allow that amendment, a freestanding Social Security amendment, not linked with other things, to be voted on.”