Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a bill to provide for an extension of unemployment insurance provisions that are in this bill we just had a vote on, for an extension of unemployment insurance provisions; that the bill be read the third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that statements relating to the matter be printed in the Record, as if read, with no further intervening action or debate. Mr. President, this is extending unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work a long time. As Mark Zandi, Senator McCain's chief economic adviser, says, nothing stimulates the economy more than giving an unemployment check to somebody who has been unemployed for a long period of time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we are still working together, on a bipartisan basis, to try to figure out how to go forward. For the moment, I object.”