[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 847]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       ETHICS AND LOBBYING REFORM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me echo the comments of the 
majority leader about the underlying bill. The Senate passed, 
essentially, this bill 90 to 8 last year. Because of difficulties in 
dealing with the other body, we were not able to complete the job. But 
the Senate is ready to act. Members on this side of the aisle are ready 
to act. I share the majority leader's view that we ought to wrap this 
important lobby and ethics reform bill up sometime next week, and we 
will be cooperating toward that end.
  We made good progress yesterday. There are a number of other 
amendments to be dealt with. We expect to deal with many of them today 
and in the morning.

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