Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 34, the nomination of Michael H. Simon, of Oregon, to be U.S. district judge for the District of Oregon; that there be 1 hour of debate equally divided in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on Calendar No. 34; that following this vote, the Senate recess until 2:15 p.m. for the weekly party conferences; that at 2:15 p.m., the Senate consider Calendar No. 183, Leon E. Panetta to be the Secretary of Defense for our country; that there be 2 hours of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees; that upon the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on Calendar No. 183; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, no further motions be in order to the nominations, and any statements related to the nominations be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session; further, that following this vote, the Senate resume consideration of the EDA bill and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on that bill; that if cloture is not invoked, the Senate proceed to vote to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.…”