you can put lipstick on it, a nice suit, even a skirt sometimes, it is still a filibuster. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
On the recordJuly 30, 2011
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