Jim Manley Quotations

No decision has been made regarding a Senate Judiciary Committee rule that permits any committee member to request a one-week postponement of a committee vote.

Frustrations are beginning to bubble out a little bit,

There is absolutely no connection between the letter and the fundraising. The only connection was Senator Reid has consistently opposed any effort to undermine the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

As the FEC has stated, at the time the contributions were received, the recipients had no reason to believe they were improper.

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.

Down is up, ... and up is down.

It would be impossible to keep the kind of schedule that he does on these trips throughout the country without being able to use these jets every once in a while.

A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor.

They thought once they got the bill into conference, they'd be fine. They miscalculated.

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.

It is up to each office to make that decision. He is leader and, as such, has chosen to lead by example.

It's obviously something that everyone has to be aware of. Each and every one of the members, it's got to be part of their decision-making process.

It's the Republicans who want to stack the deck in favor of their friends downtown.

It looks like it's a day late and a dollar short, ... an encouraging first step.

It's been off the radar screen, but I can assure you it will be front and center very soon.

Congressman Sensenbrenner needs to do what's right for Americans and agree to let the bipartisan Senate bill pass promptly.

Not sure if we can get it done this week.

No amount of spin by the Republican leadership can alter the fact that the House bill, including the felony provisions, were authored by Republicans and ultimately passed by Republicans.

This is just a typical part of lawful fund-raising.

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.

The tribe twice has voted decisively in favor of the distribution. The senator will continue to work with the Interior Department to assure a fair and expeditious distribution under the law.

All they're doing is delaying the inevitable. We will report this out tomorrow and send it to the floor for a vote.

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.