Everyone should understand this vote is over tonight. I don't think we're going to get 60 votes. It's over with. I dread, Mr. President, I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow. It's not going to be a pleasant sight.
Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, expressed his concerns about the impending vote on the bailout and its negative impact on Wall Street.
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You cannot have a democracy that record 60 percent of the vote on everything. And that’s what the Republicans have done. They have made a mockery of what the Senate should be.
The Senate is a place to kill things. It isn’t a place that you look to get things done.
I believe in a strong two party system, that`s been the strength of our country for generations.
He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.
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