Angie Craig: “I will be brief. Others of our colleagues have come to the floor. The hour is late and snow is falling. We gather here…”

“I will be brief. Others of our colleagues have come to the floor. The hour is late and snow is falling. We gather here today in the full recognition that elections have consequences. There is no question that the November election changed the character, the makeup of the Senate. We have heard now both of our leaders talk about the agonizing effort they have gone through for the last several weeks to understand the consequence in light of the rules of the Senate and the way we must govern in the coming months. I am not quite sure if we can yet determine whether the glass is half full or whether the glass is half empty, but we know that somewhere right about at the middle, it is divided, and that it is in that division we must work out our differences to govern. That is what our two leaders have attempted to do. The resolution before us this afternoon speaks to that line that we are attempting to draw and that we as Senators are attempting to understand. I could tell you what I believe the election meant, but I am not quite sure that my opinion is any more accurate than anyone else's. But I do know one thing that the American people will expect of us in the coming months. They will expect us to give a new President an opportunity to lead.…”