Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, one of my concerns is that this conference report could be used to pass a reconciliation bill that would increase the debt ceiling without sufficient input from the minority party and without addressing the fundamental structural spending problems we have in the Federal Government that are leading to our unsustainable debt. I believe this concern is well founded in history in that reconciliation bills have been used to increase the debt ceiling at least three times--in 1986, 1990, and in 1993. So for that reason, reserving the right to object, I ask consent that the leader modify his request so that it not be in order for the Senate to consider a conference report that includes tax increases or reconciliation instructions to increase taxes or to raise the debt limit. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modified request?”