I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion to concur. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59. Cloture Motion
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As a result of that, Barack Obama will go down as having the most successful Congress in the history of the country. Barack Obama changed the world.
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The Senate is a place to kill things. It isn’t a place that you look to get things done.
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