I hope very earnestly that people who have an inclination to want to add extraneous issues can refrain from doing so in order to complete our work and to avoid what might be an extended delay. This is probably one of the most important remaining pieces of unfinished business.
Discussing the importance of expediting the omnibus bill during Senate floor debate.
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The American people, by survey after survey, say they want these tax loopholes closed when they are informed particularly of the loopholes which allow corporations to shift revenue to a tax haven.
This is something that really does deserve a framework, a national framework.
It will use Social Security and Medicare surpluses. It will create the same deficit situation, I promise you, as we have seen all through the 1980s and early `90s.
Senator Tom Daschle recently said he thinks Members of the Senate spend more time fundraising than they do working in Congress.
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