Political Quotes

“Madam President, following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 11:30 a.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The majority will control the first 30 minutes, the Republicans will control the next 30 minutes, and the remaining time will be equally divided. Upon the conclusion of morning business, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider several district court nominations: Tanya Pratt, of Indiana; Brian Jackson, of Louisiana; and Elizabeth Foote, of Louisiana. There will be up to 20 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions or their designees prior to a series of rollcall votes, which could be as many as three. Upon disposition of the nominations, the Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. today for our weekly caucus meetings. At 2:15 p.m., we will resume consideration of the House message with respect to H.R. 4213, the tax extenders legislation. We currently have six amendments pending. We hope to reach an agreement to dispose of several of the pending amendments today. As a reminder, cloture was filed on the motion to concur with an amendment with respect to the tax extenders legislation. The only applicable filing deadline in this situation is for second-degree amendments. Under the rule, second-degree amendments must be filed 1 hour prior to the cloture vote tomorrow.…”