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Roger Wicker: “This amendment simply puts us back where we were several years ago, at a 60-vote point of order for unfunded mandates.…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2013
This amendment simply puts us back where we were several years ago, at a 60-vote point of order for unfunded mandates. Washington should not use extensive unfunded mandates to shove the weight of irresponsible government growth down to State and local governments. The threshold now is 51 votes to wave a point of order on unfunded mandates. This amendment would simply put it back the way it used to be in the law to 60 votes. I urge a ``yes'' vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Washington.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi
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Mar 22, 2013

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