[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, the Senate will now consider the motion to 
proceed to S. 3547, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. Seventy minutes will 
be equally divided this morning between the two leaders or their 
designees, with the Republicans controlling the first half and the 
majority controlling the final half.
  We will begin consideration of the Veterans Jobs Corps bill today. It 
is unfortunate that we are having to go through another couple of 
filibusters on this bill, but that is what we have been through.
  I mentioned yesterday on the floor that for the 6 years we have had a 
Democratic majority, there have been 380--this makes now 381--
filibusters. During the time of Lyndon Johnson, 6 years, the same 
period of time, there was 1 filibuster--381 to 1. That is the kind of 
obstruction that has taken place in this body by the Republicans, and 
it is untoward by any stretch of the imagination. There has never been 
anything close to this.

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