William H. Frist: “the next vote will be on invoking cloture on the bill. I hope we will, in fact, invoke cloture. If cloture is invoked…”

I hope everyone has had a good Thanksgiving recess--enjoyable, relaxing. We have a busy few days ahead of us as we have our final week for the 109th Congress, and there are a number of priorities we need to address. We have the Gates…

6 years ago, my great-nephew had some peanut butter. He was 13 months old. For most 13-month-old children, this wouldn't be an issue. But for McClain Portis, it was. You see, unbeknownst to him or his parents at the time, McClain is…

as we serve in a class of Senators, we have several roles. We wear several hats. Probably the most important one is to represent the people who elected us, and that is our constituents back home in our home States. That has been for me a…

I know my distinguished Democratic colleague agrees with me about the need to enact this United States- India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act. Therefore, once again, I am disappointed that this Senate is prevented from passing this…