Political Quotes

“we are in a situation that is hard for me to comprehend, but that is where we are. We have an amendment pending, the Durbin amendment, and we cannot get a vote. That is unfortunate. We have been told by the minority they want a 60-vote threshold. I cannot understand--there are a lot of people who have been in the Senate a lot longer than I have. But I do not know where we came up with a 60-vote deal. We should legislate. If someone on the minority side would offer a motion to table and that motion fails, they still are protected with the 60-vote margin. I do not understand why we cannot move forward on this legislation. It appears we cannot. It appears we cannot. It appears we have legislated our hearts out to try to arrive at a bipartisan arrangement. Let's go back and start at the beginning. Madam President, we offered a Democratic package. In good faith, Senators Dodd and Shelby, along with the Finance Committee chair and ranking member, came with a package for us. If you look at it, the only thing taken out of the Democratic package was the bankruptcy amendment.”