Chuck Schumer: “I understand the difficulty we are in. I understand the difficulties of the Senators from Connecticut and Oregon.…”

“I understand the difficulty we are in. I understand the difficulties of the Senators from Connecticut and Oregon. However, as was stated, I was promised a vote, unequivocally. I could have insisted on the vote then and there. The Senator from Texas wouldn't even have been on the floor to object. I didn't. I will repeat the words, because this has been going on long enough. I--Mr. Schumer--said, from the March 8 Record: If the Senator from Iowa will yield, as long as we get the yeas and nays on this amendment in due course. Previous to that, the Senator from Iowa had requested that I temporarily lay aside the amendment. And Mr. Grassley said: The point is, we can assure the Senator from New York the yeas and nays on his amendment. That is as good an assurance as one can get on this floor. I feel constrained to object to anything moving forward until we get an agreement as to when we will vote on my amendment. I offer this to think about. I know the Senator from Texas wants to study it. We could, for instance, debate the amendment of the Senator from Texas for 45 minutes, debate my amendment for 45 minutes, and move to vote on both the amendment of the Senator from Connecticut and my amendment. Or we could use some other process.…”