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On the recordJanuary 19, 1995
I certainly will respect your time. But, Mr. President, that is the point. There is all of this emphasis, all of this discussion on a point of order. At any point--at any point--you may seek a waiver of that point of order. In all likelihood, if you are going to have an increase in the minimum wage, we all know that will require a majority vote in the Senate. It may be the same majority that would also vote to waive that. The point of order also is not self- executing. Somebody has to raise that point of order.
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the procedural aspects of raising a point of order related to minimum wage legislation.

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