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FWIW, here's Arlen Specter calling for Feingold to debate the censure issue as Feingold leaves a cutout of his body in the Senate exit door:

(Mr. FEINGOLD) ...To conclude, in our system of government, no one, not even the President, is above the law.

I send the resolution to the desk.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution will be received and appropriately referred.

Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I yield the floor. [sound effects not transcribed in the Congressional Record: frantic footsteps, slamming car door, squealing tires]

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senator from Pennsylvania is recognized for 25 minutes.

Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, might I ask the Senator from Wisconsin to stay on the floor?

Mr. President, I think this subject matter is worthy of debate, but notwithstanding my experience of debating, I don't think I can debate without someone to debate with. I tried to attract the attention of the Senator from Wisconsin before he departed the Chamber. I think I got in right as he was on the way out the door.

But let me ask his staffers if they would invite the Senator from Wisconsin to return to the floor. Having listened to his long soliloquy, I would appreciate the benefit of his presence so we can deal with these issues in some substantive detail.

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I am sorry that the Senator from Wisconsin saw fit to condemn and excoriate the President for 25 minutes but doesn't have time to come to this floor to answer a simple question.