Senate Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 0:30:24 to 0:50:24
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Speech By: Robert Bennett

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Robert Bennett: recognizing that we've already passed money to spend in that area. for those who say yes, but the stimulus is different, we are all hoping that the need stimulus will be p time we get to 2014, and it will not be stimulative but rather inflationary.

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Kent Conrad: and it is for that reason that i offer the amendment. mr. conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, the senator's amendment eliminate 20% of the economic recovery package weeks ago. mr. president, the senator's

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Speech By: Kent Conrad

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Kent Conrad: amendment would cut defense by over $2 billion, would cut veterans by over $400 milli, would cut areas in education, there's one thing that united this body, it w infrastructure, much of what would be cut under this amendment.

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Kent Conrad: i'd urge my colleagues to vote "no." the presiding officer: the ques is there a sufficient second? there appears to be.

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vote: vote: the presiding officer: the amendment is not agreed to. the yeas are 42, the nays 56. mr. conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the

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senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, can we have order? the presiding officer: the chamber wi mr. conrad: a unanimous consent request on change of a vote. mr. roberts: chairman of the budget committee.

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Kent Conrad: mr. president on roll 136 i voted no, it was my intention to vote aye, i ask to change my vote since it will affect the outcome. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, we are now making significant

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Speech By: Kent Conrad

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Kent Conrad: progress on putting together a manager's package and those amendments that will require a vote. we still have a certain amount of clearing to be to be ready to go to those final lists and get but that work is going on right now between the two sides and let me just give you

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Kent Conrad: report, if i could. we are down to about 55 amendments. now, that's pretty good given the fact that we started at bu55 at three an hour would be another 18 hours. so the we're asking colleagues who can

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Kent Conrad: withhold on amendments that they have filed, use them for a later day. those who would be willing to accept a voice could make certain our staffs are notified of then be able to proceed in the most efficient way possible.

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Kent Conrad: mr. notify members that at 8:00, give or take a few minutes, we intend to vote on the amendment on estate tax that is the lincoln-kyl amendment. we just want to give people heads up that that amendment

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Kent Conrad: will be voted on at about that time. roughly 00 give or take. with that, i note the a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the roll.

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Kent Conrad: quorum call: mr. conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, i'd ask further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. conrad: mr. president, we need to alert colleagues that we really need them -- if they have amendments, we need to have them be on the floor or in the cloakroom.

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Kent Conrad: we have amendments that we're ready to go to, but we can't find the senators. so can't find the senators, they're going to lose their chance to offer their amendment. so we're going to give a five-minute grace period here. but if senators have amendments, they've got to be in a place

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Kent Conrad: where we can reach mr. conrad: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: mr. president, we're ready to go to the next managers' package. i ask unanimous consent that this bloc, passed en bloc and

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Kent Conrad: includes the following, klobuchar 889, durbin 881, 955, brown, 809, begich number 9 12-rbgs pryor, number 794, link on-snowe number 876,