You just heard a willingness to work together. There were 59 Members who spoke just a few moments ago who said, Let's proceed and do it right now on the floor of the Senate. We were one vote short. I accept that. I think we do need to proceed directly to address this issue, and we will work in good faith to do just that. As I mentioned earlier, I think we are very close on the antispam legislation that we talked about yesterday and today.
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