Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following be the next four amendments in order to the Baucus motion to concur, with each of the amendments in this agreement subject to an affirmative 60-vote threshold; that if the amendments achieve that threshold, then they be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table; that if they do not achieve that threshold, then they be withdrawn; that if there is a sequence of votes with respect to these amendments, then prior to each vote there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form and that after the first vote, any succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes each; further, that no intervening amendment be in order during consideration of these amendments: No. 4371, Casey; Coburn, No. 4331; Whitehouse, No. 4324; and that the Whitehouse amendment be modified with the changes at the desk. And the final amendment in this sequence is the LeMieux amendment No. 4300. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”