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Olympia Snowe: “What bound us was the belief, the strong belief, that exercising the pending motion of this constitutional option would…”

On the recordMay 22, 2005
What bound us was the belief, the strong belief, that exercising the pending motion of this constitutional option would be detrimental to the long-term well-being of the United States Senate.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Snowe discusses the shared belief among senators that avoiding the nuclear option benefits the Senate.

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