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Don Nickles: “That wasn't my understanding. Regardless, I will vigorously oppose cloture if that is what the majority leader's…”

On the recordDecember 19, 2001
That wasn't my understanding. Regardless, I will vigorously oppose cloture if that is what the majority leader's intention is. I urge him to ask consent to postpone the cloture vote until we determine what the outcome of some of these amendments is. Some of us are going to continue to oppose cloture until we have a chance to have our amendments heard, debated, and voted on in the Senate. If you insist--and I am sure the majority leader is correct most of the time--cloture will expire after so many hours. But I will just tell him that some of us are going to be opposing cloture vigorously until the Senator from Iowa and others have a chance to have their amendments heard and voted on.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma
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Opposing cloture during Senate debate on amendments.

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