Arlen Specter: “Minds are not going to be changed here. Why do we not move on with this bill? We have two amendments. Let us take them…”

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.