Melvin Watt: “if we believe in term limits on committee Chairs and limits on proxy…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1995

if we believe in term limits on committee Chairs and limits on proxy voting, then we should vote for it. That is the majority way. That is the democratic way. However, I draw the line when Members start to diminish the value of my vote by requiring a 60-percent rule on anything. That is not the majority way. That is not democracy. That is not any way to treat a minority. I would submit that it is un-American, it is unconstitutional, and the 60-percent rule by majority vote is un-American and unconstitutional. I ask you to vote against this idiocy.

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Melvin Watt

North Carolina

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Opposing the implementation of a 60-percent rule for voting in Congress.

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