Political Quotes

“I interpret what the Democratic leader said to be that we have a bill on the floor that is a good bill and a solid bill but that the other side of the aisle does not want to give us the opportunity to amend that bill in any way, that they just want to flat out deny that. And I say--and that is my question--that the other side really just wants one vote, and it is on a bill that is a good bill, but we haven't given everybody here the opportunity to participate and debate and amend. That is my interpretation. I think that is wrong. I say that because we just voted 99 to 0 not to table the Kyl amendment. So the Kyl amendment is pending, and it is the regular order of business that has been pending Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday--6 days, 7 days it is pending, and they will not give us a vote, an up-or-down vote on the Kyl amendment. It is as simple as that. The signal is that we are not going to consider any amendments. In fact, the statement is that we are not going to consider any amendments. Let us go straight and see if this underlying bill has a 60-vote cloture; is that correct?”