| Filibusters |
June 18, 2013 |
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Lamar Alexander, R-TN
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"If we have a body with 51 votes to make all the decisions, and if I and others are deeply concerned about the nuclear waste sitting around in some of these 100 reactors—we have several of us on both sides of the aisle who were working on legislation like that—and we want it put in a repository, legally, where it is supposed to be, we have 51 votes, if they all vote the way they voted before, to order the government to open Yucca Mountain and put the nuclear waste there. This is what we can do with 51 votes."
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| Our Unconscionable National Debt |
June 14, 2013 |
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Mike Coffman, R-CO
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"Today, it is $16,738,704,836,178.59. We’ve added $6,111,827,787,265.51 to our debt in 4 and a half years. This is $6 trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget amendment. "
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| Legislative Program |
June 14, 2013 |
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Steny Hoyer, D-MD
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"The President has a proposal. We passed a proposal through this House, as you know, Mr. Leader. Both of those proposals were defeated on the Senate floor for lack of 60 votes. The Senate alternative, which Mr. Bishop has now introduced, got 51 votes, but neither of them got 60 votes."
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| Time Running Out For Stafford Student Loan Interest Rates |
June 13, 2013 |
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Joe Courtney, D-CT
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"I have a bill, H.R. 1595, which has over 150 cosponsors in the House—it received 51 votes in the Senate—that would protect that lower rate for 2 years and allow us to do a new Higher Education Authorization Act. This morning, just a few minutes ago, I executed a discharge petition for Members of Congress to sign to get H.R. 1595 on the floor immediately so that we can protect the lower interest rates for young people embarking on next year’s college curriculum and semester."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
June 13, 2013 |
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Orrin Hatch, R-UT
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"Today is the ninth time I have introduced a flag protection amendment. The Senate has voted five times on such proposals, including three of mine. The bipartisan support has grown each time—from 51 votes in 1989, 58 votes in 1990, 63 votes in 1995 and 2000, and 66 votes in 2006, just one short of the \2/3\ required by the Constitution."
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