let life go on, but the civil society flourished, let people for risch, but without all of the excessive government intermeddling. i have a slogan i will have to work on that, john. [laughter] that is a good question. >> you mentioned how individuals had to become more conservative throughout their lifetime. you also mentioned how the american society has come to internalize and accept pretty much across-the-board new deal reforms create society. when you say that in contrast [inaudible] american society over time, like both liberalism and conservatism and centrism has become more liberal over time? >> you've really asked the 64,000-dollar question. i actually talked about that in chapter 3, and the quick answer is absolutely. i think that once if you accept my thesis about what it means to be left and moved left, think about, every generation liberal is the next generation conservative or maybe two generations, right? the liberals of the 19th century would be hopelessly conservative to us today, right? why is it you have all these people? william f. buckley says i want to stand before h

the following senators as coauthors: senator demint, grassley, hatch, mccain, bunning, crapo, and risch. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: madam president, here on the senate side, i have been a strong cosponsor and supporter of s. 604 and senator sanders' amendment on this bill. i present this different amendment because senator sanders decided to modify his amendment late last week, and i thought there was a continuing need to have this language exactly as it now appears in the house bill as it was included in the house bill by a strong bipartisan vote in house committee. first of all, madam president, let me say that i support the sanders amendment. i will volt for it. it is a very -- i will vote for it. it is a very important and useful look in the rear-view mirror, if you will. a onetime audit of significant federal reserve activity, particularly in 2008 and 2009. and i welcome that. madam president, that should not be the end of the matter and it should not be recognized as all we need because it clearly isn't. we need to look back in the rear-view mirror as th

dorgan, feingold, graham, grassley, harkin, hatch, hutchison, inhofe, isakson, leahy, lincoln, mccain, risch, sanders, thune, vitter, wicker, and wyden. those are the people supporting the legislation. this amendment coming to the floor has 20 cosponsors, republicans and democrats alike, and i want to thank all of those 20 senators for their support. madam president, in terms of progressive grassroots organizations, this amendment enjoys the strong support of the afl-cio, the sciu, america steel workers of america, public citizen, the center for economic policy and research, the roosevelt institute, the u.s. public interest research group and americans for financial reform, which, in itself, is a coalition of over 250 consumer employee investor community and civil rights groups. and let me just read you a letter of support that i received for this amendment from bill samuel, the legislative director of the afl-cio. and this is what the afl-cio said and i quote -- "on behalf of the afl-cio, i am writing you to support" -- this is a letter going out to other senators -- urge you to support the

cantwell, casey, cornyn, durbin, enzi, gregg, hague en, isakson, lemieux, levin, mikulski, prior, reid, risch, sessions, shaheen, snowe, tester, warner, whitehouse, and tom udall. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senator proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 524, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 5 524, supporting the goals and ideals of national stuttering awareness week 2010. the presiding officer: is there any objection in proceeding to the measure? without objection, so ordered. mr. kaufman kaufman: mr. presidi ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the resolution be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. kaufman: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: urn the previous order, the senate will stand in recess until 2:00 p.m. >> supr

feingold, gramm, grassley, harkin, hutchison, isakson, landrieu, leahy, lincoln, mccain, murkowski, risch, wicker and wyden. this is a very broad cross section of ideological opinion in the u.s. senate. mr. president, in the house of representatives, a similar process has taken place, and this concept has been cosponsored by 320 members of congress. that is a lot. that very rarely happens. and that legislation was authored by republican congressman ron paul and democratic congressman alan grayson. the amendment that i will be bringing to the floor of the senate has 15 cosponsors, republicans and democrats alike, and i very much appreciate their support. mr. president, this amendment is simple and it is straightforward. at a time when federal reserve has provided over $2 trillion in zero or near zero-interest loans to some of the largest financial institutions in this country, this amendment requires the fed to tell the american people who got the money. now, i don't think that's a very radical concept. this amendment would simply do two things. number one, require the nonpartisan g.a.o. -

feingold, graham, grassley, harkin, hatch, hutchison, inhofe, isakson, leahy, lincoln, mccain, murkowski, risch, sanders, thune, vitter, wicker and wyden. those are people who are on the original legislation. 33 cosponsors. and as you can see, they range from some of the most progressive members to some of the most conservative members. the amendment that is now on the floor has, i believe, 22 cosponsors, republicans and democrats alike. and i want to thank all of them for their support. you know, the american people are asking: can people work together? can they come together on important issues? if there is an important issue that people with different ideological background have come together on, this is that one. and i want to thank my republican friends and my democratic friends who every other day are fighting like cats and mice, but on this issue have come together, and i appreciate that. but it's not only the members of the senate. mr. president, in terms of progressive grass roots organizations, this amendment enjoys the strong support of the afl-cio, the service employees internationa