Political Quotes

“further reserving my right to object, there are 14 million people in this country who are out of work. What a charade we have going on here. We are in the midst of some of the most important legislation we have done this entire year--China currency manipulation--and we now have a proposal that is ridiculous on its face; that is, we vote with no debate on the President's jobs bill. This is senseless. It is unfair to bring this up in this form. We are going to get to this, and we are going to do it either as soon as we finish this China currency or after we finish the trade bills, whatever I can work out with my Republican colleague so that I can move to it. It takes 60 votes to get to this legislation. The American people, I am sure, can see through this very clearly, that this is nothing more than a political stunt. It is clear we need a full debate on this--we don't need a filibuster--and that time will come very soon, so I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, if I may elaborate further, we have had a request from the President on multiple occasions to vote on what he calls his jobs bill and to vote on it now. Just to count again, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11--12 times the President has asked us, over the last few weeks, to vote on what he calls his jobs bill now.…”