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Harry Reid: “That is why I said I think we are kind of in a twilight zone here. The Chair is not partisan. The Parliamentarians who…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2007
That is why I said I think we are kind of in a twilight zone here. The Chair is not partisan. The Parliamentarians who serve at our pleasure, Democrats and Republicans, are not partisan. They go by the rules and the precedents set in this body.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the nonpartisan nature of the Chair and Parliamentarians in the Senate.

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