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Alfonse D'Amato: “I have to say to my colleague and friend from Alaska, politely, I can not understand what my Democratic colleagues hope…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
I have to say to my colleague and friend from Alaska, politely, I can not understand what my Democratic colleagues hope to accomplish by extended, protracted debate--which is a filibuster. That is a nice way of talking about filibustering this. It will only conjure in the minds of people the question: What are you hiding and why are you doing this? I think the Washington Post, although it did not say, today, that we should go on endlessly--nor do I believe we should--they said, today, that "The Senate Democrats have already gone bail." That is pretty tough language. Listen to this. "What the Senate does not need is a Democratic led filibuster, having already gone bail for the Clinton White House, often to an embarrassing degree."
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Criticizing Democratic colleagues for their use of filibuster during Senate debate.

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