Political Quotes

“once again the Republicans cannot take yes for an answer. They just voted against the second bipartisan bill in less than a week. It is hard to comprehend, but that is true. But we have learned on the energy efficiency--with all the different agreements that were violated by the Republicans--we learned in the last 24 hours the reason for this. Scott Brown, who is running for the Senate--he is from Massachusetts but running for the Senate in New Hampshire--he asked the Republican caucus: Make sure you don't give Shaheen a victory on this. So that is what it is all about on that bipartisan bill. That was a bill to conserve energy; 200,000 jobs--something really important for the country. They worked on it since last September. Stunningly, my friend the Republican leader today is lamenting how things are going around here: Why won't they give us a vote on Keystone? All he has to do is think back a couple days. They were offered an up-or-down vote on Keystone. They refused to take it. Talk about double-talk--triple-talk. And, of course--of course--whom do they come running to for help? The Koch brothers. I was criticized for thinking that we should do something about this obscene campaign spending that is going on. And what, lo and behold, is the first suggestion they have that they want to do on tax extenders? They want to do something about ObamaCare. That is the only mention that is listed there--ObamaCare.…”