Bob Dole: “As I have indicated, I said in that response, I might and I might not. And I will not. That will take care of that.…”

“As I have indicated, I said in that response, I might and I might not. And I will not. That will take care of that. Again, nobody is trying to negotiate. Democrats like to negotiate, but I do not negotiate with press people unless there is one up there who works for the Democrats, but I do not think so, not directly. We would be very happy to proceed on the basis we have outlined this morning. We think it is very reasonable. I think the President ought to accept it in the spirit he invoked in his 1:30 press conference. He did indicate he would sign--he mentioned something about workers' rights. That is what we are talking about, workers' rights. I do not understand how we expect the majority to permit the minority to have their way and we not be entitled to have any say at all. We are prepared to repeal the gas tax, have that vote, have the TEAM Act vote, and have the minimum wage vote and then have a final vote. I think my colleagues on the other side might appreciate the fact we would probably have a fairly healthy vote on final passage, which I think would bode well for what might eventually happen to this legislation. There is a lot of merit to keeping the three together. There may not be any merit on that side of the aisle, but there is merit on this side of the aisle. Again, I tried to work with--certainly, always tried to work with-- the Democratic leader. I am happy to meet with him at any time and see if there is some agreement we can reach.”