Political Quotes

“I am not sure my distinguished Republican counterpart has followed what has taken place in the House of Representatives. In the House, as reported by the press and we all know it, one of the plans--it did not have a name, it was not Plan B, I don't know what plan it was because they had a number over there--but this plan was to show the American people that the $250,000 ceiling on raising taxes would not pass in the House. Why did they not have that vote? Because it would have passed. They wanted to kill it. The Speaker wanted to show everybody it would not pass the House, but he could not bring it up for a vote because it would have passed. A myriad of Republicans think it is a fair thing to do and of course every Democrat would vote for that. The Republican leader finds himself frustrated that the President has called on him to help address the fiscal cliff. He is upset because ``the phone never rang.'' He complains that I have not delivered the votes to pass a resolution of the fiscal cliff, but he is in error. We all know that in July of this year we passed, in the Senate, relief for middle-class Americans. That passed the Senate. We know Republicans have buried themselves in procedural roadblocks on everything we have tried to do around here. Now they are saying we cannot do the $250,000 because it will be blue-slipped. How do the American people react to that?…”