Political Quotes

“Mr. President, for the information of all my colleagues, it only took us 6 hours 15 minutes to do 17 votes. The next tranche has 26 votes in it. I need to let you know that you don't have to wait all 10 minutes to turn in your vote. If you vote in 5 minutes, we can finish in 5 minutes. Otherwise, a 5-minute vote takes us 10 minutes, just like a 10-minute vote takes us 20 minutes, and a 15-minute vote takes us 30 minutes. We are going to have to cut down the time, or I am sure people are going to give up before they get to some of their amendments. I do need to announce that there is dinner in the Mansfield Room. It is courtesy of Senator McConnell, and it is for both parties. You also need to know that Senator Reid has agreed to provide dinner tomorrow night in the Mansfield Room. So unless we can speed this up, what we are looking for is a volunteer for breakfast and for lunch tomorrow. Looking at the list of amendments, I am pretty serious about all of that. We need to speed it up. To do that, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the following amendments in the order listed, with no second- degree amendments in order prior to the votes, with an exception of a side-by-side to the Nelson amendment No. 944 and the McCain amendment No. 360, and that the listed amendments be voted on second. The first one is Isakson, No.…”