Political Quotes

“one of the mistakes that has been made here tonight is, I guess, saying no more votes. When it is said ``no more votes,'' they scatter like a covey of quail. So we will be looking for amendments as best we can. We have a managers' package that will take care of many of the Senators who have offered amendments. We are, I think, fairly close-- down to maybe six or eight amendments that will be the finite list. But we never know. The thing I want my colleagues to understand is that the majority leader has told the Senator from Arizona that he wants to get a unanimous-consent agreement tonight on a finite list of amendments and start voting on it at 11 o'clock tomorrow. All I can do is try to protect my colleagues as best as I can to a point. So I hope at least those on my side, if you have an amendment, will please come and let me have it so that it can be on the list. If not, I think you may get left out.”