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Chuck Schumer: “I do believe the Senate has the right to change its rules and I do believe the Senate has the right to say we will do it…”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
I do believe the Senate has the right to change its rules and I do believe the Senate has the right to say we will do it at the beginning of each term.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer asserts the Senate's authority to change rules at the start of each term.

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