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“I think that's, candidly, still up in the air. I know that's of concern to you. I understand that concern, but I will tell you again, I think it's still up in the air. Mr. Obey has been discussing with the Senate how they think we can best move forward as expeditiously as possible and so that we can try to achieve the end. As you know, there is substantial discussion about what is in the supplemental. The President, as you know, has indicated that and Mr. Nussel has indicated that if anything above the dollars asked essentially for Iraq and Afghanistan are included for investment here in this country on various different items, perhaps dealing with unemployment insurance, perhaps dealing with energy credits so that we can ensure the expansion of alternative enterprises for alternative fuels, those are all being discussed to see whether they are possibilities in terms of passage and, hopefully, signature by the President. We think that there are a number of items that are critically important to pass now that we think this bill is appropriate for but we don't have agreement on at this point in time. But Mr. Obey is working today and hopefully tomorrow, and we have a number of meetings today to see if we can move that forward. So I regret I do not have a more definitive answer for you, but that is the candid answer.”