Thomas Daschle: “I hope all colleagues consider this vote very carefully and vote against cloture this afternoon. Let me remind my…”

“I hope all colleagues consider this vote very carefully and vote against cloture this afternoon. Let me remind my colleagues that 38 amendments, so far, have been offered--38 amendments over the last 7 days or so. Of the 38 amendments that were offered, 24 of those amendments were offered by proponents--24 of them. Only 14 of the 38 amendments which have been offered have been offered by those who are not supporters of the legislation. Of those, 7 were adopted, 3 were rejected by a 2-vote margin, 2 were withdrawn, 1 was the only one to lose by more than 10 votes, and 1 is pending right now, the Glenn-Chafee substitute. So if you take the substitute away, 13 amendments are all the amendments that have been offered on our side to date. And of those, very few were rejected--in fact, only one was rejected--by more than 10 votes. I think the point of all this is very clear.”