Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the pay-go statement. The bill clerk read as follows: Mr. Conrad: This is the Statement of Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for S. 23, as amended. Total Budgetary Effects of S. 23 for the 5-year statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net reduction in the deficit of $590 million. Total Budgetary Effects of S. 23 for the 10-year statutory PAYGO Scorecard: net reduction in the deficit of $750 million. Also submitted for the Record as part of this statement is a table prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, which provides additional information on the budgetary effects of this Act, as follows: CBO ESTIMATE OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR S.…”