We do that every day around here and we never finish anything. I would like to do the voting tonight on all but habeas and vitiate the cloture and finish habeas and start on telecommunications sometime tomorrow morning. We have some momentum now that we do not want to lose. A lot of people may not be willing to do this in the morning.
Bob Dole: “We do that every day around here and we never finish anything. I would like to do the voting tonight on all but habeas…”
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Discussing legislative scheduling and the need to maintain momentum in the Senate.
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