Arlen Specter: “in an effort to not lose any more time, we had an amendment by Senator Lieberman, which he decided not to offer. It is…”

“in an effort to not lose any more time, we had an amendment by Senator Lieberman, which he decided not to offer. It is more time to discuss the rules as to whether that constitutes the Democratic amendment, but the suggestion has been made that the Democrats are be agreeable to setting aside the Cornyn amendment on the condition that a Democratic amendment will be considered before Senator Inhofe's amendment is considered further, but Senator Inhofe would be permitted to lay down his amendment and speak for a few minutes. Is that acceptable?”