Political Quotes

“today the Senate did begin consideration of the House version of the tax relief bill that this body passed last November. We now have 7 hours remaining under the statutory time limit for this piece of legislation. We began with 20 hours and now have 7 hours remaining. Tomorrow, we will continue debate on this important bill. At this point I expect further debate tomorrow morning until all time has expired. As all Senators are aware, once all time expires Senators may offer amendments, and therefore a series of stacked votes over the course of tomorrow afternoon is to be expected. Senators should expect a busy afternoon, and I ask Members to remain close to the Chamber tomorrow while these amendments are considered to this tax reconciliation bill. We don't know exactly how many amendments that will be, but once those amendments start we will go straight through those amendments until completion, whether that be tomorrow night or on Friday. We will finish the bill this week and it is possible we could finish it tomorrow night if we have good cooperation from both sides of the aisle on this legislation. But if not, we will go into Friday to complete the bill. Progress was good today. There was a lot of discussion over the course of the day.…”