Political Quotes

“my understanding of the parliamentary situation is that the ruling of the Chair is correct, that a Senator may send an amendment in the second degree. But under the underlying unanimous consent agreement on which we are operating on this bill, all time has to be yielded back before the second-degree amendment may be offered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey asked consent to second-degree his amendment. The amendment is not currently the pending question, nor has all time expired on the first-degree amendment, so it is appropriate to ask consent at this time. Is there objection?”