Pete Domenici: “Further parliamentary inquiry; what is the regular order at this point? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is divided…”

I am sure people are scratching their heads, as I am, wondering, why is the President not sitting down with top congressional leaders and saying, how do we avoid this, as opposed to, I am sad to say, the President does not seem very…

I think it is very important, for some of you who have gone through lame duck, to make sure that you know it is not the best choice of an arena to which you would assign the solution of major problems.

We may not know all the answers that you seek of us because we did not have a lot of time to study in detail the more intricate health care issues.

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