At best, added the North Dakota Democrat, "I sense that it's plateaued."

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, said he would vote for the bill.

South Dakota's first newspaper, the Dakota Democrat, began publishing in Yankton in 1858.

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, was promised new tax advantages for farmers.

"I'm not real wild about this approach," said Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota.

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, said Congress and the president should not be "fighting about things that aren't really going to happen."

"For me, this was not the final vote," said Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota.

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, conceded that gasoline use increased, but only because there are more cars on the road today.

The speaker, Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, had already said that he would back the measure.

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, said the past few days had been difficult for the divided Democratic caucus.