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Ron Wyden: “I am proposing that an amendment be accepted by the Senate that would modestly change one of a Senator's most extensive…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1997
I am proposing that an amendment be accepted by the Senate that would modestly change one of a Senator's most extensive powers, the power to secretly block a measure or matter from coming to the Senate floor. Does the Senator believe that it is not appropriate to have 10 minutes of discussion of it tomorrow before it comes up?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Proposing an amendment to change the power of Senators to block measures from being discussed.

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