Mr. Speaker, this amendment, if passed, would contravene the fundamental principle of American democracy which is that majority rules. The gentleman from Ohio pointed out earlier that the principle supermajorities, meaning a minority can block something, is not a radical proposal. It may not be, but it is a fundamentally undemocratic proposal.
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