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Thad Cochran: “If we were starting over again, and the Senate had not voted by such an overwhelming margin against the motion to table…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1994
If we were starting over again, and the Senate had not voted by such an overwhelming margin against the motion to table this amendment, I would be willing to discuss what we could do on this bill. But without some assurance that the action we take in agreeing to a compromise on the amendment that, in effect, has been approved by the Senate, which includes a freestanding bill that the Senate will pass, I am unable to make that kind of concession right now.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Senate's position on an amendment during a legislative debate.

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