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Trent Lott: “We still have a real problem with the colleagues not being cooperative enough with us. There is no reason why we should…”

On the recordJuly 18, 1996
We still have a real problem with the colleagues not being cooperative enough with us. There is no reason why we should have 40 votes on amendments on this bill. We can make our points. Some of these can be taken on voice votes. Senators insisted, ``I want a recorded vote.'' I remember one time, when Senator Daschle and I were in the House of Representatives, a Congressman who won on a voice vote insisted on a recorded vote and lost. There is a great message in that. I, again, ask our colleagues, cooperate with us. There is no reason why we should have more than 10 or 12 additional amendments voted on in this process. Vote-a-ramas do not help anybody and it makes us all look very bad.
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Addressing the issue of excessive recorded votes on amendments during Senate debate.

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