Political Quotes

“I join my leader in the objection because I do hope we can work it out, that we do not have to resort to a bill status. Everybody knows what the rules are and how that would then involve the President in a bill status. This should be a matter handled by the Senate and the other body, should they so desire. I say to my distinguished leader, I did mention this afternoon that I was going to take these steps--basically the changes from the original one, which we filed a week ago. Senator Nelson, Senator Collins, and myself are still there. There is no major significant changes. We added a provision regarding the serious problem I and other Senators see--and we learned of it in the open session on Friday in the Armed Services Committee and again this morning in closed session--of the need to clarify this question of how a dual command can take place in each of the nine provinces of Baghdad between the Iraqi military and the U.S. military. And, General Keane, on Friday, said he is going to urge General Petraeus to try to work with that. I think that can be handled, but it has to be clarified. The other thing is that some colleagues thought maybe we were laying the foundation of this body of the constitutional right of curtailing funds. That was never the intention, and that is made quite clear.”