Political Quotes

“Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at 5:15 p.m. today, the Senate proceed to votes in relation to the following amendments to S. 223, the FAA authorization bill, in the order listed below: Levin amendment relative to repeal of 1099, the text of which is at the desk; the Stabenow amendment No. 9, repeal of 1099; and the McConnell amendment No. 13, which is the repeal of health care reform; that no other amendments, points of order or motions be in order to these amendments prior to the votes, except that a budget point of order, if applicable, remain in order to each of these amendments, and if one is raised, a motion to waive the budget point of order be in order; that if the motion to waive is agreed to, the amendment be considered agreed to; and the Senate then proceed to vote in relation to the next amendment in the sequence; further, that the Levin amendment be subject to a 60-vote threshold for its adoption and if it fails to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment be withdrawn. Finally, that there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to each vote; and that all votes after the first vote be limited to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.”