Political Quotes

“Senator Graham, thank you for joining me here tonight. I wish the C-SPAN camera, for a moment, could pan this Chamber. It is empty. There are three Senators in this Chamber right now. Senator Rounds is the Presiding Officer from South Dakota. He has to be here because he is the Presiding Officer. Senator Graham is here, from South Carolina, and I am here. Senator Graham, this Chamber is empty tonight. We should be here, at this moment, voting. Our phones are ringing off the hook. Twenty-three hours ago--in fact, I was presiding--we were told that we were at the 1-yard line. The minority leader came down here and said: We are at the 1-yard line, and we are going to have discussions all night----”