Political Quotes

“Madam President, the way that I propose to pay for this to help those seniors, to help those who have those needs, is a proposal that is very familiar to this body. It is because 21 of my Democratic colleagues voted in favor of this way to pay for something earlier this week when the same pay-for was attached to an amendment from my colleague, Senator Johanns from Nebraska, that would have repealed an unfortunate paperwork mandate in the health care law. I would be happy to list all of the Senators who voted for this. I am sorry my friend across the aisle is not joining me in supporting this fiscally responsible support for our seniors. But, as I say, on the issue of stimulating the economy and giving some certainty in this Nation to those job creators, the Republicans are united: 42 of us say you should not raise taxes on anyone during economic times like these, and the chorus of Democrats who support that continues to grow. It grew this past week from five members of the Democratic conference to seven with the swearing in of Senator Coons of Delaware and Senator Manchin of West Virginia. Senator Kent Conrad from North Dakota has said: The general rule of thumb is that you do not raise taxes or cut spending during an economic downturn. That would be counterproductive. So he says do not raise taxes during an economic downturn. Senator Evan Bayh said: The economy is very weak right now.…”