On the recordJuly 30, 2011
It would be clear if we could get 51 votes that the Reid plan would pass, just like the Boehner plan passed. Neither one can get the other side to agree. But at least then we would have the basis for a compromise. But, no, the Republicans have decided we cannot have that vote. So this is getting strung out, and with every hour, with every day, businesses are hurting. Maybe that is what they want because, then, the President can be blamed for businesses not doing well, when they are the ones who are stepping in the way. The details from the budget summary that I stated: 14 percent of the revenues coming in--this is on the Web site for anybody who wants to know. I have letters from Louisiana that I printed in the Record from businesses that have written to me saying: Not a two-step process, a one-step process. Get a good solution and move on. I yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
