{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2008-12-11-pt1-PgS10889-6", "2008-12-11", 110, 2, null, null, "SCHEDULE", "SENATE", "SENATE", "SSCHEDULE", "S10889", "S10890", "[{\"name\": \"Harry Reid\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Bob Corker\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7005\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7005\"}]", "154 Cong. Rec. S10889", "Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 186 (Thursday, December 11, 2008)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 186 (Thursday, December 11, 2008)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S10889-S10890]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                SCHEDULE\n\n  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will\nproceed to a period of morning business, with Senators allowed to speak\nfor up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will\nresume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 7005, the\nlegislative vehicle for the auto industry's financing and\nrestructuring. Rollcall votes are possible during today's session in\nthe Senate.\n  When we left here a few weeks ago, the decision was made that there\nwould be 1 week for the automobile industry to make presentations to\nthe two committees of jurisdiction, the House and the Senate Banking\nCommittees, to determine what would take place during the following\nweek. That was last week, and hearings were held in both committees,\nand evidence, in fact, was taken. There have been weeks and weeks of\nwork put into coming up with a piece of legislation on which we can\nvote. That matter is before the Senate in H.R. 7005.\n  I have had calls from a number of Senators today--frankly, mostly\nRepublican Senators--telling me that they have the solution to all of\nthe problems of the auto industry; they need a few amendments. A few\namendments. We have done our very best to include everyone who wants\nany input into this legislation. The White House, President Bush and\nhis people have been heavily involved in this legislation. This is, in\neffect, the White House's legislation.\n  There was a decision made that the minority would not participate in\nthe preparing of this legislation. But the White House was heavily\ninvolved. Negotiations took place over days between Chairman Frank and\nChairman Dodd and the White House, and we now have a piece of\nlegislation. Some have asked: Well, what we want is to set up a\nprocedure where we have lots of amendments, and then we will ultimately\nvote on the final version.\n  I think it is only fair that if the minority, the Republicans, want\nto have a better bill, then they should offer an alternative. I invite\nthem to do it. The House passed a bill last night. It would be my\nsuggestion that we perhaps have a vote on the substitute or the\nalternative the Republicans would put forward, vote on the House bill,\nvote on the Senate bill. If there is no agreement that can be reached\non that, we have danced this tune long enough.\n  What we will do, we can have a motion to proceed to this tomorrow,\nand if the Republicans want to come and say, well, you know, you have\nnot allowed us any opportunity to offer amendments--that is what has\ntaken place for the last 2 years, and look what it got the Republicans:\nlost seven or eight Senate seats, lost the Presidency. We want to\nlegislate, and we are doing the very best we can to do that.\n  I have reached out to my Republican colleagues. As soon as the\nelections were over, I called a number of Republicans and said: We want\nto work with you. We cannot continue doing what we have done in the\npast. But we are right back where we have been for 2 years, the same\nplace we have been for 2 years.\n  So, again, I suggest that if the Republicans have an alternative, let\nthem\n\n[[Page S10890]]\n\noffer that. It would be very easy to do. We could vote on a Republican\nalternative, we would have a vote on the White House proposal now\nbefore the Senate, and we would vote on the bill that passed the House\nand leave here. If that is not something the Republicans choose to do,\nthen we will vote tomorrow on a motion to proceed to the bill that has\nbeen prepared, drafted, and had input on by the two committees and the\nWhite House. If we are not allowed to proceed to that, then we, in\nfact, will be through with this, as we have been through with numerous\npieces of legislation through the past year.\n  So, again, I invite the Republicans, if they have an alternative, to\nput it forward. They have had ample opportunity to do that. Again, I\nhave received a number of phone calls from Republicans today saying: I\nhave just the thing that needs to be done to make this a great piece of\nlegislation. Well, I would hope they would be ready to do that. If not,\nwe will have a vote tomorrow on a motion to proceed to H.R. 7005.\n  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.\n  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.\n  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.\n  Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for\nthe quorum call be rescinded.\n  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so\nordered.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2008-12-11-pt1-PgS10889-6"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.414316076785326, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}