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that those were the most onerous. But then Buckley did one in the civil area, and I said to my staff, “Get in touch with his and see if we can't come up with a Buckley-Koch bill, because that's the way to get something done.” And the two staffs worked together, and we came up with a bill, which ultimately Buckley's staff did not like. So I called Buckley and I said, “Listen, what don't you like about it?” And he said, “I don't know what they don't like about it.” I said, “Well, come up with your and then maybe the two of us will do a letter which we will send to everybody that's interested in this field and ask them to comment on your version, my version, with the hope that we can come up with the best version and then that will be our bill. What do you say?” He said, “That's a very good idea.” That conversation took place before the Congress adjourned in December, and he said that he would get back to me right after the New Year. Well, obviously I'm always the one that gets back to push these things along. And he said, “I'm glad you called. You just triggered my recollection. I'll call right now, and I'll get back to you hopefully this week.” So that's the way I try to get something done.

I just followed one strand of this. Senator Buckley of course was elected as a Conservative party candidate and aligns himself with the Republicans in the Senate. Do you find anything incongruous about you a liberal Democrat, having your name hyphenated