holiest of holidays for christians and the families of all of the senate, not just the senators themselves, but all of the staff. >> senator jim demint echoed that argument telling politico and i quote, we shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against christmas. it's sacreligious and disrespectful. what's going on is wrong. they did the same thing last year, they kept everybody here until christmas eve to force something down everybody's throat. i think americans are sick of this. harry reid shot back with this. >> i don't need to hear the lectures of senator kyl and demint to remind me of what christmas means. my question, madam president, is where were their concerns about christmas, filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation during this entire congress? not once, but 87 times. >> all right. for the record, senator reid is right there, there have been 87 filibusters, but also for the