Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have a cloture motion on the motion to concur at the desk. I ask that it be stated. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1586, an act to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes, with amendment No. 4567. Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Charles E. Schumer, Edward E. Kaufman, Barbara Boxer, Roland W. Burris, Tom Udall, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Mark Begich, Patrick J. Leahy, Jack Reed, John F. Kerry, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Harkin, Al Franken, Daniel K. Akaka, Maria Cantwell.”