Political Quotes

“today we are immediately resuming debate on Senate Concurrent Resolution 83, the budget resolution. We start this morning with 40 hours remaining under the 50-hour debate limitation. Yesterday, Senators Gregg and Conrad set up an order of amendments to be debated throughout the morning and afternoon. We now have six amendments lined up for consideration with each amendment debated for up to an hour. Votes on those amendments will occur in sequence beginning about 3 o'clock today. Also, today are the weekly policy meetings. Normally, we would recess for those meetings, but we will need to allow debate to continue on proposed amendments occurring at that time. We will need to use up every other day effectively until the end of the week in order to finish the budget as well as the other item we will address this week, the debt limit extension. Both of those items will be completed this week. Therefore, if necessary, we will have votes throughout each day and into the evening. On Wednesday, at 2, we will have a joint meeting with the House to hear an address by the President of Liberia. Senators should gather in the Chamber at 1:30 in order to depart at 1:40 to the House of Representatives. ____________________”