Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 422) to allow Senators, Senators-elect, committees of the Senate, leadership offices, and other offices of the Senate to share employees, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania? There was no objection. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 422 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Senate Shared Employee Act''. SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP OFFICES, AND OTHER OFFICES OF THE SENATE TO SHARE EMPLOYEES. (a) In General.--Section 114 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 4576) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Notwithstanding''; (2) by striking ``position, each of'' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: ``qualifying position if the aggregate gross pay from those positions does not exceed-- ``(1) the maximum rate specified in section 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C.…”