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Cord Byrd: “Well, Mr. President, I want to protect the right of the minority on a matter of substance in particular. But do the…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1995
Well, Mr. President, I want to protect the right of the minority on a matter of substance in particular. But do the Senators not agree that most of the cloture motions that have been laid down by the majority leader in the past few years have been laid down on motions to proceed? Would the Senators not agree to that?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the use of cloture motions in the Senate.

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