Political Quotes

“I participated in a conversation I am confident the manager of the bill was in on this morning where the distinguished majority leader said he wanted to take a little bit of time, after having filled the tree, which is very unusual, and he would look at the amendments offered by the Senator from Rhode Island and make a decision as to which of those he would allow to be debated. He did say he had no problem with him offering amendments and we would be able to debate-- and I do not recall him saying ``vote on them''--but at least debate specific amendments that were up. But I assumed in the tenor of the conversation there would be votes on the amendments. We have been on this bill now for 3 hours, after proceeding to it, and my friend from Rhode Island has been unable to offer any amendments. So I say to the manager of the bill, through the Chair, how much longer is it going to take before the majority makes a decision on something that should be fairly routine, as to when the Senator from Rhode Island can have some of his amendments heard before the body?”