I just ask the managers of the bill, if we spend 4 hours on this amendment--and there are a dozen amendments pending, or something like that--it certainly is our hope we could finish the bill today. If we are going to spend 4 hours on one amendment, that does not make that look very likely. I do not understand why it would take 4 hours. I do not understand why it would take more than an hour.
Questioning the time allocation for amendments during Senate floor debate.
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