Political Quotes

“I will be extremely brief. We can have a debate here. We can look at all the press clippings of both sides on what happened in the last 2 years on Defense authorization. We didn't get a bill. We got a bill, but it was done in secret by the managers of the two bills in the House and the Senate. The reason that happened--it wasn't our fault. They wouldn't let us on the bill--``they'' meaning the Republicans. So we can debate that all we want. Those are the facts. I do not object to my friend's request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The majority leader. Cloture Motion Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk on the McCain substitute amendment No. 1463. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the McCain amendment No. 1463 to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Richard C.…”