I would be totally opposed to cloture being invoked if I felt the majority was somehow stopping us from offering amendments, but that has not been the case. There has been ample opportunity for people to offer amendments. So I think we either have to have a list of finite amendments the two managers can agree on or it appears cloture would have to be invoked.
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