The action today is a waste of time. Let's move to tobacco, to the Patients' Bill of Rights, to IRS reform, or to the appropriations bills--13 in number--or let's move to school construction; let's do something that is worth while. The President said he will veto this. The Speaker has said he won't consider it. This is a waste of time. I urge everybody to vote no on cloture.
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