Political Quotes

“So in other words--I just want to understand this, Mr. President--the FISA bill--which the President and many on that side said we should hurry up on, we should move quickly, it is important--is really what is at issue here. The whole debate about reading the stimulus bill, which we have heard from the minority leader and the minority whip, has no relevance for tomorrow, as the leader--our leader, the Democratic leader--has agreed we are not voting on it until Wednesday. But really the focus is on whether we could vote on FISA-- this important bill which we need to get done quickly--and the minority is blocking that for no known reason. Should the minority leader come to the floor within an hour and work it out and say that we could go forward on FISA, we could start voting on FISA tonight and tomorrow and perhaps finish it?”