Mitch McConnell

"Why don't we set aside the two obviously most contentious issues?"

"Why don't we concentrate on what we have to do the next two weeks?"

It "is astounding," Hoyer says.

"And I think it's fair to say that he was surprised at the direction that some of these were headed."

Lawmakers in the Republican-led Senate and Democratic-run House of Representatives need to enact a government spending measure by Friday.

"I agree that, as governor of New York, that we need help desperately and something is better than nothing."

"I'm sorry that in a few more weeks it will just be the rest of us left."

"The president will sign the McConnell proposal that he put forward yesterday."

We don’t have time for lengthy negotiations."

McConnell says he sees no reason that a 'major' package can't come together.

"The time to act is upon us like never before."

"We’re going to have an orderly transfer from this administration to the next one."

McConnell said he hoped lawmakers could reach a deal on overall government funding by week's end.

The consequences of a "premature American exit" would "likely be even worse than President Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq in 2011."

"They're engaged in an absurd circus right now refusing to accept reality."

"We'll swear in the winner on January 20, 2021, just like we have every four years since 1793."

"Until the Electoral College votes, anyone who's running for office can exhaust concerns about counting."

The leaders of both parties were reelected.

"President Trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal option."

"Is his purpose in Washington to defy the American people?"