are.
debbie stepanov has gotten
closer to reaching an agreement
on the farm bill with barbara
vendor --king with
with senator better to get the
transportation bill done.
and then leading the postal
reform.
we have worked very hard to
develop leaders in the senate.
so i don't know exactly the
timing.
there is kind of a lineup in the
senate.
[laughter]
but i think there is women right
now in very important leadership
roles, that is inclined barbara
mikulski who is our de facto
leader of the women in the
senate and one of my best
moments is when she gathered the
women of the senate together
before a vote and she stood up
lifted herself on the
couch and i felt like i was back
in the 1970s.