Political Quotes

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 47, as…

I recognize the presence of my friend and colleague the senior Senator from Tennessee.

Mr. President, article II of the U.S. Constitution declares the President of the United States to be the person who holds the executive power. He has the discretion to hire and fire those who work in executive branch Agencies. Now, for…

This is a problem to bring something like this up that could have, potentially, an economic impact on the U.S. Government of tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars. To rush something through like this at, literally, the final hour…