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Joe Lieberman: “I hope that mandate would be felt by one and all. A 90-to-8 vote usually does not seem to have difficulty, at least from…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2002
I hope that mandate would be felt by one and all. A 90-to-8 vote usually does not seem to have difficulty, at least from the Senate side, in becoming a part of legislation. Interestingly, we do not find it in the Homeland Security bill. In the interest of straight talk, if there is a cloture vote and it is not in there at that time, then the amendment for a commission will fall because of nongermaneness, a situation which I do not think is really what was intended when we had a 90-to-8 vote on this issue in the Senate.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut
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Discussing the lack of progress on a commission related to Homeland Security.

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