Political Quotes

“A veto by the President? Gee whiz, who would be afraid of him? He has a 29-percent approval rating. How in the world could anybody be afraid of him vetoing a bill? I cannot imagine why anyone would care about that. We have tried to pass tonight on the Senate floor a bill we received from the House of Representatives that was approved by Republicans and Democrats. It has been through the committee process over there and over here as a result of all the work that has been done. And to think at this late hour, recognizing the House is not going to do anything-- the Speaker has told us that. They passed a bill 6 to 1. Why would we even think they would take anything? The Speaker and the majority leader of the House said: We are not going to deal with this anymore. We are going to have another opportunity--I want everyone over here, all my friends to understand that during the next 10 days, think about how you are going to vote on this the next time because you are going to have that opportunity. You go home and explain to all the 200-plus organizations whose names are in this Record right now, explain to them how you were doing the right thing because you were afraid President Bush was going to veto a bill.”