Political Quotes

“this morning we will be getting an earlier start than normal in order to resume the deficit reduction bill. Senators Gregg and Conrad have agreed to an order for the next couple of amendments. We will continue to debate throughout the course of the day. At 6 p.m. all time is expired under the order. The Senate will then debate the Agriculture appropriations conference report under the 2-hour time limit reached last night. The vote on that conference report will not occur this evening and we will set the time for that vote later. On Thursday morning we expect to come in early and begin the voting sequence with respect to the pending amendments to the deficit reduction bill. When the pending amendments are disposed of, it is in order for Members to offer additional amendments. However, no debate is in order and we would immediately vote on those amendments. This is what we call affectionately--maybe not affectionately--the vote-arama. I urge my colleagues to show restraint throughout the course of both today and tomorrow with regard to the number of amendments we are going to be voting on. It is going to be an extremely long day tomorrow with consecutive votes and Senators will not be able to wander far from the Chamber. We want to stay within the time limits for those votes in order to expeditiously deal with each and every one of them in an efficient way.…”