Mike Levin: “I see no reason that a vote should not be permitted on this amendment. That is what this objection leads to. I urge we…”

“I see no reason that a vote should not be permitted on this amendment. That is what this objection leads to. I urge we come back on Monday, or whenever we do come back, and I will make this motion again because this is a critical issue, that is not addressed in this bill, which is a big part of the lack of credibility we have right now in our markets. It needs to be addressed in some way. This is a neutral way to do it. The arguments given by our friend from Pennsylvania are reasons to vote no on an amendment. They are not reasons to prevent an amendment from being called up and being offered. I will say again, I don't know where an amendment that is ready to be offered is not permitted to be offered because postcloture one side of the aisle has decided it is going to leave a first-and second-degree amendment standing out there without a vote in order to prevent other germane amendments from being voted on. I don't think that has ever happened. Obviously, we have reached the end of the 30 hours at times and there are still germane amendments that are pending. But this is not that situation. There is no further debate on the Carnahan amendment that I know of. Why not vote on the Carnahan amendment? There is no further debate--or if there is, let the debate take place so that other people can offer their germane amendments. That is being precluded here. I believe it is a misuse of postcloture rules to do that.”