Political Quotes

“on this issue alone we have been trying for months to move this vote. On our side we have heard constantly, persistently, and always from Senator Landrieu indicating how important this is to her State and to our country. So I would hope we can finally have a pathway forward on this today with a consent agreement. It is my understanding Senator Isakson of Georgia is going to come to the floor soon and we will try to do that. I just want to alert everyone to the fact if that isn't going to work out, we are not going to delay this any more. We will file cloture and move on it when we get back from our next work period. Schedule Following my remarks, Mr. President, and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 3547, which is the legislative vehicle for the Omnibus appropriations bill. The filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the House message is 1 p.m. today. Under the rule, the cloture vote on the motion to concur in the House message to accompany the omnibus will be an hour after we come in tomorrow morning. There have been requests by both Democrats and Republicans to move the vote forward, and if that is possible--I am happy to cooperate with all Senators, if the majority of the Senators would like to do this early--I will be happy to see if we can get a consent agreement to do that.…”