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On the recordDecember 18, 2017
At the end of the day, if the pause on this is to say, well, let us wait 3 years and we will see if a Democratic President is elected and then we will want to talk about changing the rules on that, I do not see any particular enthusiasm from Republicans to say you are right, that is the right moment, after we have faced all these cloture rules for 4 years, then to flip it and say we are not going to do that anymore.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford expresses skepticism about waiting for a Democratic President to change Senate rules.

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