I hope so. I would like to do that. But we can do it one or two ways. We can do sort of the new portion, the emergency portion, or we can work out an agreement on the bigger package. And I am ready to do either one of those. I think we can do it once we make up our minds to do it.
Trent Lott: “I hope so. I would like to do that. But we can do it one or two ways. We can do sort of the new portion, the emergency…”
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Discussing options for legislative agreements on a proposed package.
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