01/15/2020
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"This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power."
"If you made it anonymous, you would allow Members to sort of probe support for centrist legislation."
"I have been amused for a long time at how can it be that there is legislation supported by 70 or 80 percent of the public, a clear majority of Members of Congress, and yet we are not allowed to even v..."
"I think we should consider adopting this in the coming session of Congress, at least on a temporary basis."