Olympia Snowe actually said...

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

05/22/2005

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