Political Quotes

“All elements of the previous order are in effect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will report. 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, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on amendment No. 738 to H.R. 2112, an Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. Harry Reid, Herb Kohl, Daniel Inouye, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed, Robert Menendez, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Debbie Stabenow, Richard Durbin, Sherrod Brown, Richard Blumenthal, Bernard Sanders, Robert Casey, Jr., Jeff Merkley, Patrick Leahy, Tom Harkin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate on amendment No. 738 offered by the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, to H.R. 2112, an act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.…”