Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I also rise to talk about the importance of creating jobs and how the Republican plan is the exact opposite. We have on our desks this letter that was put forward that says there should be tax cuts for all Americans. Well, you know what, that is the Democratic plan. That is the plan we have been putting forward that would create tax cuts on the first $250,000 that every single American makes. But if you scanned the letter the Republicans signed, you find in the fine print, down there in the third paragraph that, no, it is not tax cuts for all Americans that they want; they want a version that creates bonuses, paid by the taxpayer, for billionaires. Bonuses for billionaires. That is the only version they want to see debated, the only version they say they will vote for, and it is the sole goal they put as an obstacle to every other important piece of legislation to get America back to work. We have been trying so hard this year to get job-creation bills on the floor of the Senate, and we have endured a recordbreaking number of filibusters. When I came here as an intern back in 1976, bills were passed by majority vote. Upon rare occasion, someone would say an issue is so important as to obstruct the Senate. But not our Republican majority. Not this year in 2010. Not last year in 2009. No. My colleagues have said: It is our goal to paralyze the Senate.…”