Kent Conrad: “I want to again say to our colleagues that I thank all of our colleagues who have worked very hard to put these…”

“I want to again say to our colleagues that I thank all of our colleagues who have worked very hard to put these agreements together today and ask for additional cooperation through the evening as we work to put a list together for tomorrow. If we want to get the Senate's business completed, including dealing with the debt limit, it is going to take very serious cooperation from Members. I repeat that we have 100 amendments pending. We could be voting right through Friday. We could be voting into Saturday if Members don't cooperate. The vast majority have. We have a number of colleagues who have been somewhat reluctant to make commitments to us about time agreements, and about the staging of their amendments. That makes it extremely difficult to reach a conclusion. I hope some people have an epiphany here overnight and realize that if we don't find a way to cooperate and work together, we will be here until Saturday.”