Political Quotes

“Mr. President, following the remarks of Senator McConnell and myself, we will be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. At 10 o'clock this morning, Senator Bayh will deliver his farewell remarks to the Senate, and at 10:30 a.m. Senator Voinovich will deliver his. I spoke yesterday about Senator Bayh and what an outstanding person he is and how much we will miss him. I will have something to say in a few minutes about Senator Voinovich. At 11 a.m. today, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message with respect to H.R. 4853, the vehicle for the tax compromise. There will be 1 hour for debate prior to a series of up to four rollcall votes. There will be votes on three motions to suspend rule XXII, and the last vote will be on the motion to concur with the Reid- McConnell amendment. Following this series of votes, the Senate will resume morning business until 2:15. At that time, we intend to move to executive session for the purpose of considering the START treaty. Senators should expect a rollcall vote to proceed to executive session, and for the information of all Senators that is simply a majority vote. Following the vote to proceed to executive session, Senator Lincoln will be recognized to deliver her farewell speech to the Senate. Upon conclusion, the Senate will resume executive session. We have Christmas, which is a week from Saturday. We have a lot of things to do.…”