Bob Dole: “I say to my friend, I do not think there is a filibuster in the real sense. We have not had a real filibuster, as the…”

“I say to my friend, I do not think there is a filibuster in the real sense. We have not had a real filibuster, as the Senator said the other day, around here for years. I think I would know a real one if one occurred. It seemed to me, with the broad support we have for this unfunded mandates bill, it is not only filed because of what the leader may consider delay, but also to avoid a lot of nongermane amendments. We went through that turkey shoot last week and the week before. So it seems to me that one way to talk about unfunded mandates and germane amendments to unfunded mandates is to get cloture and 30 or 40 of those amendments will disappear. We can have the debate the Senator from West Virginia wants. If necessary, I would be willing to see--we can extend the 30 hours by consent. I am not trying to shut anything off, but I would like to eliminate some of these nongermane amendments.”