Senate Proceeding on Jul 30th, 2008 :: 3:49:22 to 3:51:03
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Speech By: Harry Reid

3:49:10 to 3:49:22( Edit History Discussion )

Harry Reid: to the majority leader through the chair. yesterday did we bring to the floor an opportunity for the republicans to join us in a bipartisan way to come up with a clear package of incentives for

3:49:22 to 3:49:37( Edit History Discussion )

Richard Durbin: renewable energy, energy that we need now and future generations and yesterday when that measure came to the floor, as it originally passed the house of representatives, i'd like to ask the majority

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Speech By: Richard Durbin

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Richard Durbin: leader what the jarl what the support level was on the republican majority side and whether there were more than four republicans on the republican side who would help us? mr. reid: mostly those

3:49:47 to 3:50:03( Edit History Discussion )

Richard Durbin: who are in very difficult senate races in the country for reelection. mr. durbin: thats the one recurring theme when four our five republicans join us it is because many of them are face ing a tough reelection.

3:50:03 to 3:50:18( Edit History Discussion )

Richard Durbin: i'd like 0 ask the senator from nevada, today when we brought this measure before the senate again, we included in it $8 billion for the highway trust fund which would attribute -- or can be atrinted

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Richard Durbin: to 400,000 good- good-paying american jobs. we also included in this the mental health parity bill which mab a bipartisan bill that has been sought by this senate for maybe a decade. it's certainly

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Richard Durbin: been a long, long time. we included in this as well an extension of the exemption for the alternative minimum tax so middle-income families would not face higher taxes, and i'd like to ask the senator

3:50:43 to 3:51:03( Edit History Discussion )

Richard Durbin: from nevada, what kind of support we had from the republican aisle -- side of the aisle? if i'm not mistaken, only five republicans joined news that vote. mr. reid: the senator is absolutely right.

3:51:03 to 3:51:19( Edit History Discussion )

Harry Reid: absolutely right. and i'm -- mr. president, i can't express how the republican party you as i've , as i've always known it -- when i went into politics, i had the idea that the republicans were the

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Speech By: Harry Reid