[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2333]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PROGRESS ON H.R. 2

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me echo the remarks of my friend, 
the majority leader. We will vote on the DeMint amendment 1 hour from 
now. I am pleased to hear that we will be moving forward on a number of 
amendments to be offered on this side of the aisle.
  There are 17 pending amendments to the substitute and more than 80 
additional amendments filed at the desk. We need to start disposing of 
them in an expedited fashion if we are to move on to passage of the 
bill next week. I look forward to working with the majority leader 
toward that end.

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