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Cord Byrd: “I am very much opposed to lining up votes, stacking votes, and I am constrained to object to stacking votes. I don't…”

On the recordMay 3, 2001
I am very much opposed to lining up votes, stacking votes, and I am constrained to object to stacking votes. I don't think that is a good way to do business in the Senate. I have bitten my tongue many times and did not object. I think I should put both leaders on notice, if I may use that kind of language, that I am going to be a little tougher to deal with when it comes to stacking votes in the future than I have been in the past. I don't think it is a good idea. I don't think Senators know what they are voting on. We ought to be here and be ready to vote. I know the problems of both leaders. I know them well. I am not going to object in this instance, but I want to put the Senate on notice that I will have a more difficult time in the future voting for sequential amendments in a stacked order. I will not object at this time.
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Cord Byrd
Florida
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Expressing opposition to the practice of stacking votes in the Senate.

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