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On the recordDecember 12, 2005
It is not in the Constitution that a Senator specifically has the right for an up-or-down vote. I am saying the dignity of the institution to give advice and consent deserves an up-or-down vote on the floor of the Senate. What the Constitution does say--which is why it is called the constitutional option, not because it is written in the Constitution--is that this body makes its own rules. The constitutional option is basically just that. You take it to this body and you say: Do these Senators deserve an up-or-down vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate? Let's vote on that.
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William H. Frist
Tennessee
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