Arlen Specter: “I told him I thought it was a good idea, but I was constrained to vote against it because we have an…”

“I told him I thought it was a good idea, but I was constrained to vote against it because we have an understanding--implicit or explicit, I am not quite sure which because I was not party to it--with the House of Representatives that if we sent them a so-called clean bill without amendments, they would accept the Senate version. I told Senator Feingold as to his issue, I have had a number of complaints about delays in the administration of the courts. That is something the Judiciary Committee will take up.”