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Robert C. Byrd: “Most of us would probably agree on changes that would do away with the postcloture filibuster, which is the real…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1986
Most of us would probably agree on changes that would do away with the postcloture filibuster, which is the real filibuster. A filibuster has really just begun when the Senate invokes cloture, as we have seen in recent years.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 24, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Senate rules changes alongside televised coverage of Senate debate.

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