Chris Dodd: “I thank you for that and thank Senator Shelby.”

Rosa, go get yourself well. Your job is here. Your salary is here. Just take care of yourself.

President Clinton, to his eternal credit in my view, just does not quit on this issue.

I had hoped we'd get in the lame duck session to the ratification of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement and the Panamanian Free Trade Agreement.

But, whether such a temptation is motivated by a noble desire to speed up the legislative process or by pure political expedience, I believe such changes would be unwise. To my fellow Senators who have never served a day in the minority, I…