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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.

What we need to do is to come together as a people and solve the problems facing our country. And unfortunately, Washington is just not doing enough of that these days.

Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government.

Our nation must come together to unite.

As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring America's promise as a land of opportunity.

It's the job of the president to negotiate, but it's the job of Congress to approve.

If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction.

As much as we might look for opportunities to keep Iraq together, we need to be prepared for the reality that it's not going to stay together.

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

I've thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress - the Democrats and Republicans - would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they'd be willing to try.