Political Quotes

“that passed by a voice vote, which is considered unanimous around here. You cannot get more unanimous than that. I am hoping that out of the 10 to 13 votes we are going to have this afternoon, that some can be done on voice votes. I do not think there is anybody who disagrees with what the Senator has said about closing the postal plants and the extra time it is taking for deliveries. You can add to that how little money it saves because the employees who are in one town, even though their job got moved somewhere else, still have to be retained in that town at some job. It does not amount to much in the way of savings, but it really hurts in the way of efficiency, delivery, and trust in the post office. So I think we will all be behind you on that one again. I hope that by the time we get to that, it will be a voice vote again. Motion to Instruct Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending motion and call up Senator Burr's motion, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Enzi], for Mr. Burr, moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the resolution S. Con. Res.…”