Political Quotes

“I have a cloture motion that is at the desk. I ask the clerk report the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative 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 debate on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 14, H.R. 1, an act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. Harry Reid, Daniel K. Inouye, Bill Nelson, Sheldon Whitehouse, Kent Conrad, Mark Begich, Tom Udall, Kay R. Hagan, Robert Menendez, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jeanne Shaheen, Amy Klobuchar, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara Boxer, Al Franken, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Bingaman.”