This is a very difficult vote for all of us.

You in the Congress have provided the resources for our defense, and cast the difficult votes of war and peace.

This approach was aimed at forcing Republicans to make some difficult votes.

It will be a difficult vote for me, because of how the extensions are funded.

"This was such a difficult vote, and there was so much at stake."

As you may imagine, this was the most difficult vote I have ever been asked to cast as an elected official.

"It was a difficult vote, real bad," he said.

"It was probably one of the most difficult votes we had to make."

Mr President, at the beginning you said this was a very complex, difficult and sensitive vote.

But he said that Democrats were prepared to deliver difficult votes "if we can help craft the product of hard decisions."