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Lindsey Graham: “I am prepared to vote on this bill right now, and I will vote for the bill in its current form. What the issue is, is…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1998
I am prepared to vote on this bill right now, and I will vote for the bill in its current form. What the issue is, is offering an amendment that I question as to its germanity to this bill and that I might raise a point of order on that germanity. I don't consider that to be an inappropriate or even a particularly hostile act. That is a matter of the rules of the Senate. It either is or is not germane in this postcloture environment. I do not accept the characterization that I am, in some malicious way, standing in the way of the bill. I am perfectly prepared to vote at this time.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about amendments and the voting process during Senate debate.

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