On the recordMarch 18, 2010
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, there are those in this body who will say vote for the side-by-side because it does more. It does not. It is cover. It is very weak; 50 votes to waive. Everybody would love to go after mandatory spending. We do not have the will to go after discretionary spending. It is a joke if anybody thinks this body is ready to take on mandatory spending. This is a very baby step to control growth by 1 percent beginning next year for 3 years. When you look at what State governments are doing and local governments are doing and what America's households are doing, and we cannot control growth of 1 percent for 3 years? We are cutting nothing. We are cutting nothing. Everyone in the country is cutting but here, where we print money. This is a reasonable approach. If we cannot take this baby step, then we have got to admit to the American people we do not get what they are going through; we are completely out of touch. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.
