10/19/2011
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"If your premise is correct, that that Congress in 1974 had no right to bind the Congress of today, then the whole reconciliation process is gone."
"One of the arguments that is made is that if we change the Senate rules, somehow the Senate will become identical to the House."
"I think that is really the key issue here, is how we bring accountability back to the institution."
"It is time to reform our rules, and as I have said many times, I will hold this view whether I am a member of the majority or the minority."