Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate very much the inordinate amount of time that everyone has waited. I am sorry we had to do that. But Senators Lincoln and Chambliss have been real professionals. They have done a lot of talking. But I think we are at a point now where we can finish our business tonight. Cloture 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 LeMieux- Landrieu et al. amendment No. 4500 to the Reid-Baucus substitute amendment No. 4499 to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010. Harry Reid, Mary L. Landrieu, Sheldon Whitehouse, Byron L. Dorgan, Roland W. Burris, Richard J. Durbin, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Robert Menendez, Carl Levin, Daniel K. Akaka, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel K. Inouye, Bernard Sanders. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call is waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on amendment No. 4500 to amendment No. 4499 to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.”