I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence.

Mr. President, what else don't we know?

And that's what this bill is all about: assuring that each and every voter can have confidence in our elections and that when problems do arise, there can be a determination made about them -- what went wrong and how to correct it so that every vote is counted.

Yes, more than 100 Democrats voted to authorize Bush to take the nation to war. Most of them did so in the belief that the president and his administration were truthful in their statements that Saddam Hussein was a gathering menace.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

Consumer confidence in all major markets has been slipping this year, a trend that has accelerated after the tragic events of September 11.