But, generally speaking, just out of curiosity, is there any sense in your office different than, generally speaking, they are pretty predictive, is that correct?

Has anyone raised any concerns about the accuracy of credit scores and their ability to predict?

I support the budget point of order that has been raised, but let me just make a point. I had an amendment that would have kept this budget point of order from being a problem. The reason we are where we are is that both Republicans and…

I thank the Senator from Mississippi for his comments, and I will yield the floor to the Senator from Pennsylvania. I have a couple more comments, and when appropriate, I will make them.

I will be a little more brief this time. I thank the Senator for the point of order that he made and also his comments. We have some people on our side of the aisle who I know--due to things that have happened in this body previously--have…

I am here to introduce a bill that would address entitlement reforms and the debt ceiling called the Dollar for Dollar Act. I continue to hope Speaker Boehner and President Obama will negotiate a deal north of $4 trillion before year end…

So I thank the chair. I yield the floor, and I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I notice the Chamber is empty today, and I guess most of us are waiting to see if there is going to be an arrangement made between the President and Speaker Boehner on our fiscal cliff that is coming up in just a few weeks. I know all of…

I am here today to talk about the bill before the Senate, a 2-year extension of the TAG Program. As everyone knows, this will be the second 2-year extension of a program that was put in place as an emergency measure taken during the height…

There are a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before yearend.

There is a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year end. I mean, we have one house. That's it.

I do think there are things you can do now to really cause the fund to be far more sound.