Arlen Specter: “I am voting against the Collins amendment because it is…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2006

I am voting against the Collins amendment because it is unconstitutional. Article I, section 5, provides: Each House may determine the Rules of its' Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member. The Senate has determined the rules for punishing its Members which carries out the constitutional mandate. That constitutional procedure does not permit delegation of that responsibility. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

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Arlen Specter

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