Here are a couple of the noteworthy responses that I have found from Comrade Reid, and Comrade Kennedy:


'We will come back, it's only a question of when,' said Reid, the top Democrat in the chamber.

Democrats vowed to bring fresh immigration legislation back to the chamber in the future.

'We are in this struggle for the long haul. Today's defeat will not stand,' said Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, a co-sponsor of the bill.