Political Quotes

“Again, I suggest that you have created the atmosphere by which the point of order is available to some Members, and whether I agree or not doesn't matter. I think there will be Members on both sides of the aisle who will raise a point of order. Why? Because it is available. The Senator from Nevada knows full well if points of order are available, someone on this side--or the other side of the aisle, I might add--will raise a point of order. You have brought this bill to the floor by bypassing the Finance Committee. You have brought it with an instant point of order. That is the remarkable thing. You could have a prescription drug benefit bill that would cost $10, and if you brought that to the floor, it would have a budget point of order. Why? Because the budget says the bill had to come through the Finance Committee. So what we have done is set the bar where you now have to have every single Member of the Senate agree that this bill comes to the floor without objecting to it on a point of order. As the Senator from Nevada knows, you hardly get anybody to agree to anything around here, much less a multibillion-dollar expansion of health care benefits, without having someone opposed to the legislation and then raising a point of order. So what we have done, as I said before, is set the bar so high that you have ensured that nothing will happen.”