Political Quotes

“Madam President, following leader remarks, if any, there will be a period of morning business until 10 a.m., with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The majority will control the first half, the Republicans will control the final half. Upon the conclusion of morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message which accompanies H.R. 4213. There will be up to 2 hours for debate on the Thune amendment, which is numbered 4376, with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Thune and Baucus or their designees. If all time is used, at approximately noon today, the Senate will proceed to a vote on the motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Thune amendment. As a reminder, last night I filed cloture on the Baucus substitute amendment. The managers of the bill will work with Senators on agreements to consider amendments so that we can move toward completion of the bill as quickly as possible. Senators should expect additional votes today in relation to amendments to the bill. Senators will be notified when additional votes are scheduled. I have spoken to the manager of the bill, Senator Baucus, and he has spoken to a number of his Republican colleagues, and we are going to try to arrange a number of votes as soon as we finish the Thune matter. There are at least three that I know the Republicans want to offer, and there are a number on our side, but we will try to get that done as quickly as possible.…”