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Jeff Bingaman: “Again, Mr. President, in response, let me say we have tried to get agreement that certain of the amendments that are…”

On the recordJune 20, 2007
Again, Mr. President, in response, let me say we have tried to get agreement that certain of the amendments that are objectionable to some Members on the Republican side--we would agree that we would be bound by a 60-vote threshold on those amendments. But at least at this point, my understanding is the objection is to any consideration of the amendments, regardless of what the threshold is going to be. We are unable to proceed right now. I hope that changes. I hope we can dispose of some of the very meritorious amendments that both Republican Senators and Democratic Senators wish to offer before we get to cloture.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico
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Discussing the challenges of reaching agreement on amendments during Senate debate.

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