Bob Dole: “let me indicate this is the first time we have had a vote like this all year. I do not like these kinds of votes because…”

“let me indicate this is the first time we have had a vote like this all year. I do not like these kinds of votes because it punishes people who are not here for no good reason, but we could not get an agreement to vote on an amendment and, as I understand it, we are not going to get any time agreement on any amendment. The managers have been doing an excellent job, I want to indicate, both to Senator Pressler and Senator Hollings. I would like to complete action on this bill. It is a very important bill. No one is trying to rush it, but if we cannot get an agreement on a technical vote, I do not know what other recourse there is but sometime today to file cloture, have a pro forma session tomorrow, and then have a cloture vote on Monday around 5 o'clock to see if we cannot speed up movement of this bill. If there is a willingness to agree to vote on the very important amendment offered by Senator Dorgan and Senator Thurmond from South Carolina, even at 5 o'clock on Monday, if we could agree to vote at 5 o'clock on Monday, agree to vote on the Santorum amendment here in the next 30 minutes? Failing that, we will have no recourse.”