and what i have heard from republicans as well, we are agreeing to do these trade bills. that's great. i'm in favor of those trade bills. i'm glad they are passing. but that's not going to do enough to deal with the huge problems we have right now with respect to unemployment. you know. we pass patent legislation. that was bipartisan work. i'm thrilled that i was -- we were able to get republicans and democrats to work together on that. but that is a long-term issue for our economic competitiveness. it is not putting americans to work right now. so the bottom line is this. if next week senators have additional ideas that will put people back to work right now and meet the challenges of the current economy, we are happy to consider them. but every idea we put forward are ones that traditionally have been supported by democrats and republicans alike.