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Byron Dorgan: “Will the Senator from Montana agree that we are not moving; that we have a circumstance where a bill is brought to the…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1997
Will the Senator from Montana agree that we are not moving; that we have a circumstance where a bill is brought to the floor, and we are virtually tied in knots with a procedural tree, which is not unusual? It has been used before, and used by Democrats as well. But it is rarely used. And it is used in most cases, I am told, to stop legislation.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing procedural issues related to a bill on the Senate floor.

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