Pete Domenici: “I know I was. I would like to allocate if I could. If Senator Kerry is going to speak 30 minutes, I would like to have…”

I do not think I have said verbally that I favor the extension.

I see it as nothing but an obstacle--and we have plenty already--to getting things done.

I think it is very important, for some of you who have gone through lame duck, to make sure that you know it is not the best choice of an arena to which you would assign the solution of major problems.

Well, I would just say that, sometimes when we are working on trying to solve this fiscal problem, the recognition that a long-term fix is what is needed puts many people in the position that they do not know how you do that and do it now.