Harry Reid: “Regarding conversations we had on this floor about this has been done before, returning to the Chair and later fixing…”

“Regarding conversations we had on this floor about this has been done before, returning to the Chair and later fixing it, it has not been done before. This is a unilateral fix of a precedent in the same bill. Anything that has been done before has been done on a bipartisan basis. I was part of changing it back with Senator Trent Lott. It was the right thing to do. Scope of conference is very important. It should not be changed willy-nilly. It should not be changed because it is inconvenient. The precedents of this body are extremely important, and I think they are being played with at this time. It is really unfortunate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alaska.”