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John Tanner: “I would say that we see time and again the rule resolution that comes to the floor and is passed basically on the party…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
I would say that we see time and again the rule resolution that comes to the floor and is passed basically on the party line; what you see is that in the rule, all points of order are waived, which means that the budget rules that we try to put in place are meaningless. Because if you are going to waive them on virtually every bill now that comes to the floor, we really do not have any enforceable mechanism, and this will change that. And we think that is a commonsense idea.
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John Tanner
Tennessee

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