On the recordNovember 17, 2011
Secondly, Mr. President, we are going to move now, I believe, to the conference report. But I do want to remind folks of what Senator McCain said; which is, we will be here tomorrow morning. We are here to try to clear amendments. We want to be able to give our colleagues as much opportunity as possible to debate and to clear amendments. But we have to move this bill. We are not going to be given a whole week after we come back to get this bill passed, hopefully. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, what is the pending business before the Senate? The PRESIDING OFFICER. S. 1867 is still pending. Mr. McCAIN. Is not the Paul amendment the pending business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Merkley amendment is pending. Mr. McCAIN. The Merkley amendment is pending. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Paul amendment be the--
