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Joe Barton: “I share the frustration that the gentleman has with the other body. If we could work together to get Members from the…”

On the recordMay 12, 2004
I share the frustration that the gentleman has with the other body. If we could work together to get Members from the other body on both sides of the aisle to vote for cloture, and as the gentleman well knows, regardless of who controls the other body, it takes 60 votes to agree to limit debate, and a fair number of Members of the gentleman's party in the other body have failed to vote for cloture on this issue. I would be happy to work with the gentleman to work for cloture to bring the bill up.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas
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Discussing the need for bipartisan support for cloture in the legislative process.

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