Yeppers, they were trying to go to the Wyden, Inhofe, someone else amendment about something (holds)?...
When Schumer comes to the floor, insisting on putting forth an amendment...the amendment was read by the clerk, which I paraphrased in the last post...Santorum stood up to object, because he said HIS amendment was next in line...
A quorum call was called, and objected to...back and forth, finally a quorum call was accepted...but NOW, they can't get off of the quorum call because of objections...
Backing up a bit...Lott has been strutting around the Senate floor this morning, throwing his weight around, and just kind of "talking" about things he would have done, had he had a chance, blah, blah...
Grassley. That's a fascinating notion, elimination of secret holds. Holds would be okay, just not in secret. I know Hillary! objects to that change.
Lott was trying to manage the timing of voting, basically to arrange a time when Senators would assemble to handle a stack of votes, but he seemed fine with voting on the Wyden/Grassley/Inhofe amendment.
Lott has been strutting around the Senate floor this morning, throwing his weight around, and just kind of "talking" about things he would have done, had he had a chance, blah, blah...
I assume he is managing the floor action on one or both of the pending bills - and it's pretty natural, having been the Senate Majority leader, to talk about rules in a way that reflects on past leaders. Lott often uses a phrase resembling "I wouldn't have done this exactly this way, but ..."
He's been acting like the majority leader