Barbara Mikulski: “I know for those who are watching on C- SPAN, they wonder what are we doing as we go through names such as Akaka and…”

“I know for those who are watching on C- SPAN, they wonder what are we doing as we go through names such as Akaka and Baucus in a quorum call. Actually, what we have been doing is working very quietly with other Senators to see, where they have offered amendments, if we could negotiate compromises and just take them. We have been working very collegially with my wonderful colleague from Alabama, Senator Shelby. As you can see, we just cleared eight amendments on which we could come to bipartisan support. So there is a lot of work going on right in back of these doors and also with other Senators in their offices. Amendment No. 1648”