That is correct. Mrs. McCASKILL. Not a dime of it paid for--not one dime. It is all on the credit card, one big blob of red ink. Is the Senator aware how many of our friends on the other side of the aisle have new religion--this is new…

I do not. Mrs. McCASKILL. Well, it is interesting. It was a big majority to waive the Budget Act. I have the vote here. There were 61 votes to waive the Budget Act, including our friend from Kentucky. I think the CBO score on that was…

In response to the Senator from Kentucky, this is a great debate. I think we ought to continue it. But can we remove from the audience the millions of Americans who will not have unemployment checks as of Sunday night because of the…

I would say to the Senator from Rhode Island, there is no explanation because it doesn't make sense. You certainly couldn't explain to this woman who has worked so hard throughout her entire life and now faces this misfortune that we are…

I would say in response to the Senator, for those who have not been following the debate from the beginning, tonight we are speaking to the fact that the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Bunning, is objecting to extending unemployment benefits…

It is exactly what I have run into. Here is a letter from a man from Yorkville, IL, who wrote me: On bailout after bailout for businesses, my tax dollars have been used to save companies that should have planned better in the first place…

They have lost faith and they have stopped trying. I would say to the Senator from Alaska, when I look at the State of Kentucky, here is Allen County with 13.9 percent unemployment; Bath County, 15.7 percent unemployment; Carroll County…

I say to the Senator from Alaska that Rockford in the northern end of my State was as high as 15 percent. You know, it does not tell the whole story because, as they say, some people get discouraged when they are out of work and they do…

I believe it is now just slightly below 10 percent on a national basis. In my State, it is still over 11 percent.

I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania. I yield to the Senator from Alaska for a question.

I say to the Senator from Pennsylvania, I am aware of that economist, and I am aware the CBO recently reported that the one thing we can do to generate more economic activity in our economy that is better than anything else is unemployment…

The Senator from Rhode Island is correct. The Senator from Kentucky has talked about the Nation's deficit and debt, and he should realize that when President Clinton left office in January of 2001, the national budget was in better shape…