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Harry Reid: Bob Novak said today: Well, the Republicans figured that they would be home at their recess last week and find out what…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
Bob Novak said today: Well, the Republicans figured that they would be home at their recess last week and find out what the people wanted. Apparently, the people weren't interested in Estrada, because the Republicans have no idea what to do in the Senate. They had a leadership meeting yesterday afternoon [that was Tuesday] couldn't figure anything out, had a luncheon of all the Republican senators, didn't figure it out. All that's decided is, they're not going to ask for a cloture vote to force an end to the filibuster, because they'd lose that. But they have no strategy for around-the-clock sessions. They don't know what to do. The Democrats are winning. So that former resident of the State of Illinois said this, and would the Senator agree with him?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing Republican strategy and the nomination of Estrada during Senate floor debate.

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