Political Quotes

“this morning following the opening remarks of the two leaders we will proceed to the consideration of a nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court. We have set aside up to 15 minutes for comments on that nomination prior to the rollcall vote. Therefore, I expect the vote to occur after 10 a.m, but it should not be too long after 10 a.m. this morning. Following that vote, we will resume debate on the comprehensive immigration bill and the pending amendment proposed by Senator Isakson. This amendment was offered yesterday and had been pending from our earlier consideration of the immigration bill. It was my hope to lock in a vote to occur shortly after the judge vote of this morning, and we want to allow a few minutes for closing remarks and we want to accommodate a few minutes before that vote. I will be in discussion with the Democratic leader about that. There may be a Democratic alternative which I believe may have been just submitted. We will take a look at that and plan the vote on this accordingly. I do want to alert Members that we could expect a vote or two prior to our luncheons today. As Senators return for the first vote of the week, they should be reminded--which both the Democratic leader and I did yesterday--that this will be a very full week, with lengthy sessions and with a number of votes. We recognize that people have a lot of schedules which compete with the votes, but our major priority must be this bill.…”