Political Quotes

“a point of information. I am in order after the Senator from Arizona? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I won't take a lot of time here on the floor. The floor has been well used over the last day or so. I would like to make sure my colleagues--especially those who were not here in 2009--understand that there are many of us who are opposed to ObamaCare, as it is called, or the Affordable Care Act. We mounted an opposition in 2009. It is a matter of record that the Senate Finance Committee considered the Affordable Care Act over several weeks and approved the bill on October 13, 2009. At that time members of the Finance Committee submitted 564 amendments, 135 amendments were considered, 79 rollcall votes were taken, and 41 amendments were adopted. Then the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved the Affordable Care Act by a vote of 13 to 10. After a month- long debate, 500 amendments were considered, and more than 160 Republican amendments were accepted. Then it came to the floor of the Senate. The Affordable Care Act was on the floor for 25 straight days, including weekends, between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2009. There were 506 amendments filed, 228 of which were Republican, 34 rollcall votes were held. Most of the rollcall votes resulted in party-line votes, including a motion which I had to commit the bill to the Finance Committee for a rewrite.…”