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Robert Dornan: We only have about 6 months. We are going to vote tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday next week, then no votes until after the…

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
We only have about 6 months. We are going to vote tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday next week, then no votes until after the Iowa caucuses and the primary at the end of February, February 20 in New Hampshire. Because Bob Dole is the leader and wants to be in those States, there will not be any votes in the Senate, none. So then we have March, April, May, June, and July, that is 5 months, out for August. We come back for a wild September, hoping to get our 13 spending appropriations bills, our housekeeping work here finished by September 30. We will be out in the first few days of October to have 1 month to campaign. So we are talking about 6 months. What I am building up to is, do you appreciate how the American people in their own enlightened self-interest should give the Republicans for the third time in 66 years more than one of 2-year berths. If we are defeated and lose this on November 5 of this year, that means in 66 years, since 1930, before I was born, we have had three 2-year berths.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing the Senate voting schedule and the implications for Republican leadership.

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