Political Quotes

“Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 3217, which is the Wall Street reform legislation. The time until 10 a.m. will be for debate with respect to the Tester-Hutchison amendment dealing with FDIC insurance premiums. At 10 a.m., the Senate will proceed to a vote in relation to that amendment. Additional votes are expected to occur throughout the day in relation to amendments to the Wall Street reform bill. Currently, Shelby amendment No. 3826 regarding consumer protection is pending. The next amendment upon disposition of that amendment will be the Sanders amendment regarding an audit of the Federal Reserve. That is amendment No. 3738. As a reminder, there will be an all-Senators briefing on the START treaty and related national security issues from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today. We will remain in session during that time. We expect to arrive at a time for voting on the Shelby amendment. If not, there will be a motion to table that amendment. We have a lot of amendments to get through, and we are going to work into the night. We have work we need to do tomorrow. So everyone should be aware, we have a lot of issues we have to resolve on this most important legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Gillibrand). The Senator from Vermont.”