Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I also congratulate Senator McCaskill for her energetic and now successful campaign in this Congress to break loose nominations that have gotten stuck."

"I certainly favor some kind of a mixed package that, on the one hand, limits debate at least on some motions."

"There is a need to fix the system and some areas where we can agree."

"Our appointments process now undermines the very purposes it was designed to serve."