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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
So the leader said: Senator Frist of Tennessee, who was the Majority Leader, had decided to pursue a rules change that would kill the filibuster for judicial nominations. This is Harry Reid writing. And once you opened that Pandora's box-- Said Senator Reid-- it was just a matter of time before a Senate leader who couldn't get his way on something moved to eliminate the filibuster for regular business as well. Senator Reid wrote: And that, simply put, would be the end of the United States Senate. I do not want Senator Reid to have written on his tombstone he presided over the end of the Senate. Yet if he does what he is threatening to do, that would be what he is remembered for in the history of this country. I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Wyoming.
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Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
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Jul 11, 2013

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