Bob Dole: “If the Senator will yield, why not offer the amendment? We have been here almost 2 hours on this measure and nothing has…”

“If the Senator will yield, why not offer the amendment? We have been here almost 2 hours on this measure and nothing has happened except for a lot of discussion. And if the Senators are going to offer amendments, let us offer amendments. If Senators do not mind disaccommodating colleagues on that side, I am not going anywhere this weekend, so I will be here all weekend. It is up to Senators. If the President does not have any influence with either one of his colleagues on that side, that is his problem. But we would like to complete the bill because the President would like to have it done. And I wish to make the best effort I can on behalf of the President, but if I am thwarted by members of his own party, I am not going to spend a lot of time trying to help the President. Maybe he ought to pick up the phone and make a couple of phone calls. But in any event, if we offer the amendments, as the Senator from West Virginia said, we can have a vote. It will be an amendment vote. And then we will see where we are. I do not know how many Members are left. Many Members had to leave early to make plane reservations. We are still enough here to do business. We are prepared to do business. Let us do business.”