A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor. |
a troubling new allegation which needs to be fully investigated at the time of the hearing. It's already an extremely troubling nomination because of her long-standing hostility to the basic rights of American workers. |
All the actions that Senator Reid took were consistent with his long-held beliefs, such as not letting tribal casinos expand beyond reservations, and were taken to defend the interests of Nevada constituents. |
All they're doing is delaying the inevitable. We will report this out tomorrow and send it to the floor for a vote. |
As the FEC has stated, at the time the contributions were received, the recipients had no reason to believe they were improper. |
At a time when we have so many other pressing issues facing the country, I'm not sure where this falls in the list of priorities. |
Congressman Sensenbrenner needs to do what's right for Americans and agree to let the bipartisan Senate bill pass promptly. |
Down is up, ... and up is down. |
Frustrations are beginning to bubble out a little bit, |
He has his ground operation in place; he's got his fund-raising in place. We're confident that the Democrats are going to be competitive with the Republicans. |
He's not a back-slapping hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy, ... if you need someone to go to a press conference or to be on the Senate floor, he's always been there. |
If we ever needed more of a reason not to do Social Security reform, this is it, because of the cost required. It's going to be a question of priorities, a question of whether Republicans are going to want to stand on the Senate floor and support more tax cuts for the wealthy. |
In a full-court press by the White House to demonize Democrats, it's great to see we've got at least four Republican profiles in courage. |
It all depends on the president, |
It is up to each office to make that decision. He is leader and, as such, has chosen to lead by example. |