Senate Proceeding 02-24-10 on Feb 24th, 2010 :: 1:43:55 to 1:46:05
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Harry Reid: reason i asked to pay for it. mr. reid: well, i would finally say, mr. president -- i didn't want to delay this any longer don'tnow how we could be more fair. i have not talked to my senators, democrati senators, but i think that there may be some senators on this side of

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Speech By: Harry Reid

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Harry Reid: the aisle that dprea with senator bunning. but that's -- on this side of the aisle that agree with senator bunning p. but that's what we're doing. we are in a difficult predicament. i think this would be really too bad if people being terminated for unemployment insurance, all were asking us for a few weeks

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Harry Reid: and then after -- this extension, this will give us a time to have this body and the other body make a decision by voting on it. and so we're asking for a short extension. i -- my personal belief is that the extension in unemployment benefits is truly an emergency, as i indicated earlier, as i feel with the cobra.

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Harry Reid: so i understand where my friend is coming from, but i have never been a part of trying to fool him in any way intentionally, and as i understand it here, we're willing to vote on this. i don't know how -- if we're not

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Harry Reid: able to work that out, i don't know what could be more democratic than that. we're all elected to make our choices here. and i would be happy, as iold the distinguished senator from kentucky, i would be happy if he can come up with some other way that we can proceed on it. i'll be happy to have -- give every consideration to a

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Harry Reid: proposal that he would make. i note the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.