Political Quotes

“when my friend indicates, why is there any problem, and that they agree--it is just like the issue of student loans when they say they agree, except they will not let us legislate on that bill. They think this is a great thing to do, but we cannot do it. They say they need more communication. How about 2 months? How much more do they need? I will not get into getting anyone in trouble, but the Republicans were given this in mid-afternoon. Maybe they were busy, but that doesn't matter. The point is we have tried to get something done, and we cannot get it done. I think it is too bad for this institution. I am not outraged; I am upset because I feel I have been used as a tool to try to adversely affect the President in some way. I will continue to keep an open mind, but I have to say that I am terribly disappointed. It looks as though we are going to arrive at May 23--and the Iranians have people around who are watching this. They are laughing at us. We cannot even come up with a simple resolution. It has no force of law--I should not say that; it does have some. But they are laughing at us. Here is the U.S. Senate quibbling over a sentence that has been in this resolution since it was drafted. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, most people in America work 5 days a week. It is 1 o'clock on a Thursday. What is the problem? We have broad bipartisan agreement about the approach we ought to take with regard to the Iran sanctions issue.…”