Speech #1040229170

I think it was 92 to 4 or something of that nature. Now we find out that we are stalemated in the conference. We passed our immigration bill. That was passed in a bipartisan way by more than 90 votes. It is so interesting listening to my Republican colleagues talk about the inappropriateness by some of us to resist a stacked deck of conferees. when I happen to be a conferee on the immigration bill. and have never even been invited to a single conference. while the Republicans are meeting day after day. Or whether it has been on the issue of health care. there are a whole series of different items that we have passed overwhelmingly. And now they are getting caught up. whether it is immigration or the job training or the health care program. They have all passed overwhelmingly. Now for some reason. as the Senator points out. there is a desire to refuse to permit the process to work.