Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

"It's a bad bill. I voted 'no' after 250 something votes had already been registered so I knew that the bill was going to pass."

"I think the American public and, in fact, the world probably won because we didn't blow up the U.S. economy and bring down the world economy with us."

"I don't know of a single Democrat who voted for this bill who thought it was a good bill."

"Well, if you pick up the first sheet and start delving into the bill, you'll see that there is nothing in the bill that would garner the support of any of the great religions of the world."