Dick Durbin: “If I might continue through the Chair to ask the Senator from Nevada a question, on the issue that I think is before…”

“If I might continue through the Chair to ask the Senator from Nevada a question, on the issue that I think is before America today--whether we should escalate the number of troops into this war in Iraq--we had offered to the Republican side a choice between two Republican amendments: Senator Warner's amendment, which said the President's policy is wrong, and Senator McCain's amendment, which says the policy is advisable and should be followed. Even given the option of two Republican amendments, the Republican minority, yesterday, voted to deny any opportunity for the Senate to debate two Republican amendments?”