mr. coburn, for himself and mr. mccain, proposes amendment numbered 1474. mr. coburn: mr. president, this is another good-government amendment. what this says, and if we want to restore confidence, this is something we should do. it says before we vote on a bill, we're going to have at least 72 hours to read it. it's going to be available on line with a c.b.o. score so when we cast a vote we actually know what we're casting a vote on, and we actually know how much it costs. it just says it has to be online for 72 hours, in other words, we get the privilege of reading the bills we're voting on. and we also get the privilege of knowing the financial cost of the bills or at least an estimate of the financial cost that they will entail. this transparency is designed to make the senate better. you want a bill -- to build confidence with the american public? then the way you build confidence is assure them that you knew exactly what you were doing when you cast a vote. not guessing at what the consequences and the details of that legislation are. for many pieces of legislation,

mr. coburn: mr. president, i come to the floor aghast that we have entered into a unanimous consent agreement to spend less than two and a half hours talking about raising the debt ceiling another $1.2 trillion. $1.2 trillion. we passed a budget control act that raised the debt limit to $15.2 trillion. the president has requested another increase in the debt limit of another $1.2 trillion. we passed a budget control act that didn't cut spending, there's no absolute reduction in spending. we didn't eliminate one program. we didn't do one oversight hearing on the waist, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. in the time of august when we passed that until now. no wonder america is disgusted with congress. on september 7 the debt limit was increased from 8.9 pldz, and in july, in october $1.3 trillion. in february, 2010 to 14.3, in august of 2011 to 14-point and in september of 2011 to 15.2 and now we're going to raise it to 16.3. i didn't vote for one of those. and the reason is there's a -- a deb

mr. coburn, dr. coburn.e need a huge package. >> i put it out there with a $9 trillion plan. >> and i just don't see -- maybe you should go down -- the president ask a friend of yours. i think he gave you a shoutout in the state of the union. go there and say here's what we need to do, sir. the public is clamoring for it. and there is a demoralization going on right now around the country. people are giving up hope. we're just wafting along on the road to bankruptcy. senator coburn, i'll give you a shot and then brad herman a shot. >> i think you change who is in washington. you eliminate career politicians. and you bring regular old common folk americans to washington, we'll solve this problem very quickly. >> we're flat out of time. gentlemen, thank you. senator tom coburn of oklahoma, senator sherman of california. thank you very much. >>> coming up, 24 hours before the polls close in florida, the latest surveys show mitt romney has got a commanding lead for a landslide. so florida seems to be wrapped up.

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