On the recordApril 21, 2010
I think that is an excellent idea. I like the idea that it would be in a stepwise fashion reduced to a simple majority over the course of about a week or so.
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congress.govTom Harkin: “I think that is an excellent idea. I like the idea that it would be in a stepwise fashion reduced to a simple majority…”
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Harkin supports a gradual approach to changing cloture voting rules.
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