Mike Levin said "I am sorry, I say to my friend from Arizona. We have to withdraw that unanimous consent request on amendment No. 3109 at this time. I want to try to see what the problem is. There is an objection to my request on this side. We are going to try to work out those objections during this rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. I have to object on this side. Senator Coburn wants the same privilege every Senator has; that is, to bring up his amendment. If someone objects to that, I hope that Senator will come down and object in person because this is holding up the progress of the bill. So if there is a Whitehouse amendment that is agreed to, then a Coburn amendment certainly should be allowed as well. So we have to object to the unanimous consent request. Hopefully, during the vote on the Merkley amendment we can work out some agreement." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 29, 2012

I am sorry, I say to my friend from Arizona. We have to withdraw that unanimous consent request on amendment No. 3109 at this time. I want to try to see what the problem is. There is an objection to my request on this side. We are going to try to work out those objections during this rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. I have to object on this side. Senator Coburn wants the same privilege every Senator has; that is, to bring up his amendment. If someone objects to that, I hope that Senator will come down and object in person because this is holding up the progress of the bill. So if there is a Whitehouse amendment that is agreed to, then a Coburn amendment certainly should be allowed as well. So we have to object to the unanimous consent request. Hopefully, during the vote on the Merkley amendment we can work out some agreement.

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Mike Levin

Democratic · California

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