Political Quotes

“this morning we will start a series of votes on motions to instruct conferees with respect to the tax relief bill. There could be up to as many as 16 votes on these motions and, therefore, votes will be kept to 10 minutes in length. I hope there will be fewer votes, and we will be working this morning to see if there is any way to lessen that number. Voting will begin momentarily, and thus Members should stay close to the Chamber today during these stacked votes so that we can move expeditiously. We will be recessing for lunch to accommodate the party luncheons, and we will lock in the time for that recess later in the morning. I would expect that we would continue the voting sequence around 2:15 after the luncheons today. Following the appointment of conferees to the tax relief bill, we will be returning to the asbestos bill. As Members know, we filed cloture on the asbestos bill last night and that vote is scheduled to occur Wednesday morning. Filing of Amendments Under the rule, first-degree amendments need to be filed by 1 p.m. today to be considered in order postcloture. We will likely be in recess at that time, so I ask unanimous consent that the deadline be until 2:30 today. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, so ordered.”