Again under any reservation let me simply say I, too, hope that we can finish in 24 hours, but, frankly, I do not approach this like I am a permanent president of an optimist club, and it just seems to me that we have massive confusion here. Let me ask the gentleman, does the gentleman know how many bridges the administration has given away today to try to pick up votes?
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