Political Quotes

“Mr. President, following leader remarks, if any, the Senate will turn to a period of morning business for 2 hours, with Senators during that period of time allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to executive session and will debate the nomination of GEN David Petraeus. There will be up to 20 minutes for debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination. Senators should expect that vote to occur around noon today. As a reminder to all Senators, last evening I filed cloture on unemployment insurance and the home buyer tax credit extension. That vote would occur tomorrow unless we arrange, by unanimous consent, sometime today to do this. I will work with the Republican leader on an agreement that would let us vote on that issue today if the minority is so determined. We will also be able to resume consideration of the small business jobs bill this afternoon. We will consider amendments. Rollcall votes are expected to occur throughout the afternoon and into the evening. I say to Democratic Senators, we were looking yesterday for an amendment, but none was available. So I agreed to have something happen in the interim and let the Republicans offer amendments if we have none ready or offered. I hope we will also be able to resume consideration of this matter and make headway. It is extremely important that we do that. On unemployment compensation, we really need to do this.…”