Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on Executive Calendar No. 456, Alejandro Mayorkas, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, all but 1 hour of postcloture time be yielded back, and that when the Senate convenes on Friday, December 20, the Senate resume consideration of the Mayorkas nomination, with the remaining hour of debate equally divided between Senators Carper and Coburn, or their designees, and that following the use or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to a vote on the Mayorkas nomination; further, that the Senate then proceed to a cloture vote on Executive Calendar No. 459, John Koskinen, the Internal Revenue Service, as under the regular order; that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate proceed to a vote on confirmation; further, that the Senate then proceed to a cloture vote on Executive Calendar No. 382, Brian Davis, to be a Federal district judge, as under the regular order, and that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate proceed to a vote on confirmation; the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; further, that the Senate then proceed to the cloture vote on Executive Calendar No.…”