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Pete Sessions: “I said it is a dangerous trend and it can be addictive and it can undermine the nature of the Senate. I did not say it…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2013
I said it is a dangerous trend and it can be addictive and it can undermine the nature of the Senate. I did not say it never happened. But to my knowledge, I would like for the Senator to list for me the number of times since 1985 the majority leader has gone before the Parliamentarian and the Presiding Officer and actually altered the rules by a vote of the Senate, overruling the Chair?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Jul 11, 2013

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