Chris Dodd: “we are prepared to vote. Again, I thank my colleagues. I think this is a good amendment. I appreciate my colleague from…”

“we are prepared to vote. Again, I thank my colleagues. I think this is a good amendment. I appreciate my colleague from Pennsylvania as well as my colleague from Illinois, and my home State colleague, Senator Lieberman, and Senator McCain, who have joined as cosponsors. I think we have made a good case for it, the bright line to get rid of the tripwires. That is a word you will hear me use quite frequently during the course of this discussion. We need clear, bright lines. We are not trying to complicate or make life difficult for people, but we are trying to make sure we have some very clear understandings as to what is permissible or not permissible in the conduct of our official business. So I thank my colleagues for their support.”