Byron Dorgan: “In my judgment, this is very counterproductive. Some in this Chamber want to dig their heels in and say…”

“In my judgment, this is very counterproductive. Some in this Chamber want to dig their heels in and say, ``Notwithstanding what the majority wants to do in this Chamber, we intend to block campaign finance reform.'' You can block the right of Members to offer amendments now if you use this rarely used procedure, but you can't block people here forever from doing what we want to do, and that is have a full and good debate on campaign finance reform, offer amendments and have votes on those amendments. I don't think the American people are going to be denied on this issue. The American people know this system is broken, it needs fixing, and they want this Congress and this Senate to do something about it.”