Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I welcome you and all of our colleagues and all the staff back from our 5-week work period at home. We have a lot of work to do. Following any leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 3:30 p.m., with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Jane Stranch to be a circuit court judge for the Sixth Circuit. There will be up to 2 hours for debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions or their designees. At 5:30 p.m., we will proceed to vote on confirmation of the Stranch nomination. As a reminder to Senators, before the recess, cloture was filed on the small business jobs bill. The filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the substitute and the bill is 3 p.m. today. At 11 a.m. tomorrow, there will be up to three cloture votes relating to the small business jobs bill. The cloture votes will be on the Johanns amendment No. 4596, the Nelson of Florida amendment No. 4595--both relating to 1099 forms--and on the substitute amendment to H.R. 5297. ____________________”