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reid amendment, is that the president s first choice? no. he wanted too what he called the grand deal, and he thought he had that worked out with the speaker. but the president knows what i have put forward is good for the country. it extends the debt ceiling, it reduces the debt. so i say to my friend, the republican leader, the preside will sign my legislation. my friend says that he wants something the president would sign. he will sign this. he ll sign it. we could pass it tonight, get it through the house, he would sign it tomorrow. so, mr. president, i would hope the world understands, our country underands because all senators understand there is another filibuster being conducted on an effort to prevent our moving forward to handle the debt situation we have in senator mcconnell objected, the republican leaders sought to move the expedited cloture vote to 6:30 p.m.. senator reid rejected that. we are looking at it 1:00 a.m. vote on cloture with 60 needed to mo ....

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