Political Quotes

“I said just before this vote, for technical reasons, given the nature of the amendment, with our 3 o'clock deadline and the haste to file the Rockefeller-Gorton substitute, certain drafting errors were made which could not be cured without unanimous consent. Unanimous consent was not granted. Therefore, Senator Rockefeller and I both voted no on cloture this time around and regard this last vote as essentially meaningless. Between now and the adjournment of the Senate today, we will introduce a revised second-degree amendment with the majority leader that will reflect our precise views and the agreement that has been made with the consent of, I think, a very substantial majority of the Members, as to the final form of this bill. Tomorrow we will vote on cloture once again. If we have not been allowed by unanimous consent to adopt that second-degree amendment, the sponsors are confident in making a guarantee it will pass immediately after cloture is invoked.”