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On the recordApril 25, 2013
I know the Senator from Louisiana is coming. When he comes, I will be through. I say to the Senator from Wyoming who just said that apparently there is an intention to object to any amendment, just to review, we started Monday. We could have started amendments Monday if there were no objection, but there were objections, bipartisan objection. On Tuesday we said that instead of going the full 30 hours of debate, let's give the time back and let's start the amendments. Bipartisan objection. On Wednesday we brought up the bipartisan proposal of Senator Blunt and Senator Pryor to extend the moratorium on the Internet tax. There is already a moratorium on taxing the Internet. You cannot have it. That is the law. We were going to extend it for 10 years. Objection. Then today Senator Collins and Senator King say: Instead of implementing this in 6 months, let's do it in a year. Objection. If it continues this way--and I say to the Senator from Wyoming, this is the way I figure the procedure--if there is no consent, always objection to any amendment from both a few Republicans and a few Democrats, then we will have a vote on cloture tomorrow. That would be tomorrow afternoon, I guess--tomorrow morning. Probably for the fourth time, 74 or 75 of us will vote for the Marketplace Fairness Act. Then we will stay here until Saturday afternoon for the full 30 hours, and we will have a vote on the two amendments and final passage. That will be Saturday afternoon.…
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Heidi Alexander
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