senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cotton: mr. president, i want to speak today about the so-called shiewrm amendment -- schumer amendment. abraham lincoln said if you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have, five? no, four. in the same way you can call a bill bipartisan because there are some republicans on that bill and if the republicans would simply acquiesce to the democrat position it is a democratic bill. calling it bipartisan doesn't make it so. let's walk through a few of the weaknesses of this bill. so, first, the enforcement holiday for illegal immigration. it declares to anyone worldwide if you get to the united states in the next four months before june 30, 2018, the department of