“[President Bush] also said Democratic senators ‘need to stop fussing and stop talking and get something to my desk that will take care of the workers and provide stimulus to this economy.’ ” – Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, December 5.
“”There seems to be a little bit of a logjam in Washington, D.C. right now. And I know that Senators from both parties, if they could hear the stories about — and I’m sure they do, I’m sure they listen when they go home. But they need to act. They need to stop fussing and stop talking and get something to my desk that will take care of the workers and provide stimulus to this economy.” – President Bush’s actual remarks, same day (emphasis added).