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Cord Byrd: “I plead with Senators not to invoke cloture today. I understand cloture will be invoked at some point. I just hope it…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2002
I plead with Senators not to invoke cloture today. I understand cloture will be invoked at some point. I just hope it will not be today. I hope we will have the weekend for our staffs to study this bill so that we will be better prepared after we have had more time to study it. What I am concerned about is the desire to get to the bill about which the majority leader is speaking and which I fully support. I hope that desire will not have some psychological impact on Senators causing them to vote for cloture today. I wonder if our two leaders would propose a unanimous consent request that would vitiate a cloture vote for today, push the cloture vote over until Monday.
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Cord Byrd
Florida
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Addressing the timing of a cloture vote on a bill during Senate floor debate.

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