Political Quotes

“Madam President, following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business for 1 hour, with Senators able to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first half, the majority the second half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message on H.R. 2847, which is the legislative vehicle for the jobs bill. Postcloture debate time expires shortly after midnight tonight. I am hopeful and confident we can work out a reasonable time to vote on this; otherwise, we have to do it late tonight or very early in the morning. Later today, I will ask unanimous consent for a 30-day extension of expiring tax provisions, including unemployment insurance, COBRA, flood insurance, and a number of other important issues. I hope we can clear that request later tonight or this afternoon. Senators, of course, will be notified if there are any votes scheduled. Again, we have to finish this jobs bill we are on. We are going to move, as I explained last night, to the Travel Promotion Act, and then we are going to move to the big package I described a little earlier, which is so important to do. We will have to do the tax extenders, unemployment insurance extension for a reasonable period of time, along with COBRA. We are going to take a look at FMAP as something that needs to be done. We will discuss that in more detail when we get the timelines defined. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore.…”