Byron Dorgan: “I accept his point. My only observation was we could debate all this. On Labor-HHS, Republicans deserted on the vote…”

“I accept his point. My only observation was we could debate all this. On Labor-HHS, Republicans deserted on the vote there as well. Some of the vetoes were fully expected, in terms of what was in the legislation when it went to the President. My hope is that now, beginning at 6 o'clock, the negotiations on the balanced budget plan will bear fruit and we will have no further shutdowns. We will have appropriations bills resolved the way they should be resolved, not by the leverage of a Government shutdown but by the give and take as between the Congress and the President.”