Political Quotes

“On the last rollcall vote, No. 201, the distinguished senior Senator from New Mexico, current chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the former long-serving chairman of the Budget Committee, Senator Pete V. Domenici, cast his twelve-thousandth vote in this Chamber--12,000 votes. Senator Domenici now joins a very historic and select club of Senators who can claim this distinction. Senators now cast more votes in each Congress than they did in the past. So while historical records are not perfect, our Senate Librarian says we are safe to conclude that among all Senators who have served since the beginning of the Republic, Senator Domenici is in a class of only ten. Since the beginning of the Republic, only Nine other U.S. Senators have similarly cast more than 12,000 votes in their careers in the Senate. Five of them are serving today. The Club of Nine now becomes the Club of Ten with Senator Domenici's last vote today.”