Harry Reid: “It seems what we should do is what the Senator from Alaska suggested. The Senator from California should speak on her…”

“It seems what we should do is what the Senator from Alaska suggested. The Senator from California should speak on her amendment, and in the meantime, while she is doing that, we will try to work out some process for these amendments to go forward. We are using a lot of time on the bill that this afternoon will be vitally needed. There are important tax measures, as the Senator from Alaska indicated, that should take a bit of discussion. There are other matters that may not take much time. But the tax matters, in my brief review of them, are fairly complicated. That is my suggestion: The Senator from California should go ahead and complete her statement and, in the meantime, we will try to work out the way the other amendments can come forward.”