Pete Domenici: “That is 51, and 22, that makes 73 amendments. Our leader has told me his desire is that we finish this budget resolution…”

“That is 51, and 22, that makes 73 amendments. Our leader has told me his desire is that we finish this budget resolution over this weekend. That means we have all night tonight and we have all day tomorrow and perhaps we have part of Saturday. I know that brings a lot of grumpy looks on lots of faces, because I am sure everybody has something they planned to do tomorrow. I have great respect for that. But if I am the general, I will do the job. If I am the follower, I will do the job. Right now, I am the follower. I am doing what the leader suggested. We are going to be here a long time unless we can reach some agreement. In fairness, we are working with the minority leader and with Senator Exon, who is being very cooperative, to see how we can narrow this down. Maybe my colleague could report to the Senate from his side?”