We are going to address two issues, and those are the issue surrounding the lobbying bill, which is on the floor now, and we will march through that issue--the Democratic leader and I will explain to our colleagues what has just been done--and then also we expect to address the issue surrounding immigration and the cloture vote that is scheduled this afternoon. ____________________
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