Tom Udall said "He was talking about the idea that one Senate could establish a set of rules and bind future Senates. He gave a passionate speech. We are in the situation that he talked about right now. He said, now we are at the beginning of Congress. This Congress is not obliged to be bound by the dead hand of the past. Take rule XXXII, which is a different numbered rule today. But, for example, the second paragraph thereof says that: The rules of this Senate shall continue from Congress to Congress until changed in accordance with these rules. That rule was written in 1959, by the 86th Congress. The 96th Congress is not bound by the dead hand of the 86th Congress. The first Senate, which met in 1789, approved 19 rules by a majority vote. First Senate. Those rules have been changed from time to time, and that portion of the Senate rule XXXII I quoted was instituted in 1959." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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He was talking about the idea that one Senate could establish a set of rules and bind future Senates. He gave a passionate speech. We are in the situation that he talked about right now. He said, now we are at the beginning of Congress. This Congress is not obliged to be bound by the dead hand of the past. Take rule XXXII, which is a different numbered rule today. But, for example, the second paragraph thereof says that: The rules of this Senate shall continue from Congress to Congress until changed in accordance with these rules. That rule was written in 1959, by the 86th Congress. The 96th Congress is not bound by the dead hand of the 86th Congress. The first Senate, which met in 1789, approved 19 rules by a majority vote. First Senate. Those rules have been changed from time to time, and that portion of the Senate rule XXXII I quoted was instituted in 1959.

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Tom Udall

Democratic · New Mexico

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Editor's note · Context

Senator Udall discusses the importance of Senate rules reform and historical context.

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