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We will be going to ANWR here in a second, and then we will go to the Grassley-Dorgan amendment, and then the Democratic leader of the bill will, I presume, compose an amendment and then we will go to the Lott amendment on Amtrak. Is that…
That means there would be no time in opposition. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Martinez). That is correct.
At this time we will move to the amendment offered by Senator Grassley and Senator Dorgan. Hopefully they will both be here in short order to get that one started. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
First I congratulate the Senator from West Virginia for bringing forward a thoughtful amendment, as always, and especially for the fact that it actually, I believe, adds to the savings, if I am not correct. So I cannot argue with that. To…
After the Senator from South Carolina speaks, I intend to speak for 15 minutes and offer an amendment. Then it would be back to your side for whatever time you wish to take, so about half an hour from now.
First, I appreciate the Senator from Florida being concise in presenting this amendment. I thank him for that and for sticking with the time as was represented. It was appropriate and generous of him. The amendment, obviously, has an…
I had, as a matter of courtesy, yielded the floor so the Senator from Maryland could speak; he said for 10 minutes. It has now been a half hour. Cooperation does help in this institution. Cooperation also helps on bills such as this. The…
Tomorrow, the Senate will continue its work on the deficit reduction bill, and under the time agreement, all time will expire at 6 p.m. tomorrow evening. I remind my colleagues to work with the bill managers if they plan to offer…
We are giving your side 12 minutes, and I am getting 5 minutes. It does not sound to me that you are getting frozen out.
I will not yield on that point. The next item: The second point is how much money have we generated from this tax cut. The tax cut has energized a significant increase in revenue to us relative to the budget. We have seen a 14-percent…
I would presume the seniors are going to have to pay some of the cost of the Part B premium. As I said before, they are paying 25 percent of it. As I note, working Americans are being asked to pay tens of billions of dollars to support…
As the Senator knows, I did yield to the Senator to make an opening statement. The understanding was it would be for about 10 minutes. It has been about 15 now. I am wondering if the Senator is planning on going on for an extended period…