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Robert C. Byrd: “The minority is within its rights when it kills a bill or holds it up. But I submit that the minority does not have a…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1988
The minority is within its rights when it kills a bill or holds it up. But I submit that the minority does not have a right to deny the Senate a quorum by deliberately not coming to the floor.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 3, 1988

Editor's note · Context

Objecting to minority Senators staying off the floor to deny a quorum.

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