Harry Reid: “I don't need to get the last word, but I have to get make sure the facts are spread across this Senate. Let's not be…”

“I don't need to get the last word, but I have to get make sure the facts are spread across this Senate. Let's not be misled. Wednesday, opening statements; Thursday, one amendment voted on; Friday, nothing voted on; Monday, nothing voted on. I guess we will vote Monday night sometime. Tuesday, please help me on that, we ought to vote this Tuesday morning. And then to talk about 30 hours afterwards, that is one of the biggest farces we have around here. If you are lucky, you can have a vote or two during the 30 hours, but remember, there is no necessity to have a vote on anything. It is all up to the majority what they let us vote on. In a time of war, does that mean we speed through this? I would think that we should take an inordinate amount of time, lots of time, when we are in a state of war. And we are in a state of war. Just ask the people of Great Britain. I am glad we are here to do business today. The managers are here. Senator Kennedy is here to offer an amendment. But especially in a time of war, let's at least do the average amount of debate on this bill. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kentucky. Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I don't want to prolong it any further because we are taking up time for the offering of amendments which we encourage. We are anxious to have amendments. We are willing to have votes. We are not trying to deny anybody the opportunity to offer their amendment or to have votes.…”