we had written agreements to try to change it osome, but the worst one was the rolling hole, and first of all it was not holds placed on there by democrats, but republicans. one time i would find a senator to pull off, and then somebody else would put a hold on it. i do, but i don't think that you should take it away, but i do think that there should be some requirements connected with that. the super majority, i wouldn't change that, but, again, a lot of that comes back i think to leadership. i remember one time that the first time i filled a tree, tom was irate let me say. i don't know what it was, because it was not precedented, so there were 100 amendments or so, and so i added it up and tom returned the favor as the years went by, but we didn't do it much. everything that tends to frustrate or plok or tie up the senate is done more and more and more often. i do think that the need to back away from that a little bit. now, i have said something a while ago that i have heard murmers in the room, and i do believe that earmarks should come back, and mainly caused at one point that i h