WHO SAID SO?

“The bottom line here is we need a final bill, a merged bill, that gets 60 votes.”

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in a statement after historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter.

“At the current stage, all forces should be thrown at supporting the negotiating process. Threats, sanctions and threats of pressure in the current situation, we are convinced, would be counterproductive.”

Sergey Lavrova

Russian foreign minister, in a statement at a news conference as Russia publicly pushed back against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.