Political Quotes

“I would suggest this. When we come in, in the morning, why don't we have this the first order of business. We would have the half hour evenly divided, vote on the Wyden amendment, and then final passage. That way we could devote the rest of the day and tonight to the supplemental. I ask unanimous consent that be the case in addition to what I just did here. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request as modified? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Republican leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I am going to proceed in my leader time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The Fiscal Cliff Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, you will excuse me if I am a little frustrated at the situation in which we find ourselves. Last night, President Obama called myself and the Speaker--and maybe others--from Hawaii and asked if there was something we could do to avoid the fiscal cliff. I say I am a little frustrated because we have been asking the President and the Democrats to work with us on a bipartisan agreement for months--literally, for months--on a plan that would simplify the Tax Code, shrink the deficit, protect the taxpayers, and grow the economy, but Democrats consistently rejected those offers. The President chose instead to spend his time on the campaign trail. This was even after he got reelected, and congressional Democrats have sat on their hands. Republicans have bent over backward. We stepped way out of our comfort zone.…”