I remember very clearly that plea for mercy. ``We have to do it or we can't survive.'' The Senator is absolutely right. They said there would be parts of the United States that would have no power, there would be brownouts. Of course, there have been some brownouts, but those had nothing to do with nuclear power.
Discussing the implications of nuclear power and energy supply during a Senate debate.
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The Republican Party that we now have is not the Republican Party of John Chafee, Mark Hatfield, those people who were really stalwarts in moving the country forward.
McConnell is facing reality, and it bothers him a lot. The filibuster is on its way out. It’s not a question if. It’s a question of when it goes away.
He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.
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