Political Quotes

“The fallaciousness of this argument is astounding. Line-item veto, the last time it left this body, it went to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was argued before the Supreme Court, dealing with the separation of powers doctrine. Fifteen minutes dealing with the very fiber of our society, our constitutional requirement of separation of powers, the legislative, the executive, and judicial branches of Government? This has implications with the separation of powers between the administration, the White House, and this Congress. To think we could do this in 15 minutes is not fair. I have said, if we want to have a debate on this, I am willing to do that, but not on this bill. This is an effort to bring down this bill. To say that nongermane amendments come just like the sun comes up every day is not reasonable or rational or sound. We have worked through this bill. We have worked on nongermane amendments, germane amendments, trying to work things out.”