Trent Lott: “It is my hope that over the next week or early the next week, I will be able to propose a list of amendments. I suggest…”

“It is my hope that over the next week or early the next week, I will be able to propose a list of amendments. I suggest that would be kind of in the realm of what we can agree to. We have been looking at these various amendments. Some of them are clearly not going to be acceptable, and they probably could be easily tabled. Even though they are not relevant, some of them are meritorious. Our concern is, they have not been considered by the appropriate committee, whether it is Finance, or Agriculture. We are hesitant to have a vote on these and try to get Members to vote against them when, in fact, they may eventually want to be for them in a different forum. I have an idea of how we might be able to work something out on this. I will have a suggestion on that before we come back a week from Tuesday.”