Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have been conferring off and on throughout the day with the Republican leader. There will be no more votes today following final passage. That will be the last vote today. We are going to swear in the new Senator from West Virginia at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Immediately after that, as soon as that is over, at 2:30, we will vote on extending unemployment benefits. The Republican leader and I are working on a way to move forward on small business. I think we have a pretty good path figured out on that. After that, it is my intention to move to the supplemental appropriations bill. It appears that we are going to have to have a cloture vote. I think we can work out the time on that and not spend too much time. I have conferred with the Republican leader at the beginning of the work period, on Monday. We have a list of things we need to accomplish before we leave here. As everybody knows, we are going to be here either 4 or 5 weeks. The leaders--Democrat and Republican--are betting on 4 rather than 5 weeks. But we need cooperation to get that done. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the conference report. The yeas and nays having been ordered, the clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…”