Pete Domenici: “I have been recognized. I notice that Senator Harkin is in the Chamber. How much time would the Senator like?”

We are now talking about something different. We are talking about the ratio of debt-to-GDP.

I see it as nothing but an obstacle--and we have plenty already--to getting things done.

If indeed you intend to have a bipartisan solution, then obviously you have to do some of the things we are talking about, some give-and-take.

I do not think I have said verbally that I favor the extension.