Don Nickles: “I am just trying to help a little bit. If the Senator will drop those last few words, I might agree to his amendment…”

“I am just trying to help a little bit. If the Senator will drop those last few words, I might agree to his amendment, because I think our amendment is consistent with the consent decree. But I may be overly interpreting. I don't know exactly what the sentiment is for ``or any court orders thereunder.'' But it might be hoped by the Teamsters, or something, they could go to court and find some court that would say, yes, the Federal Government should pay for a rerun election. That is not covered. I might tell my colleague that I have done a little homework on this. The rerun is not covered by the consent decree. There certainly is no obligation for taxpayers to pay for reruns, which is not consistent with the statement of the Senator from Massachusetts. That, I think, is factual. So my point is, if the Senator would delete those last few words ``or any court orders thereunder,'' I think I could accept his amendment.”