| Yucca Mountain |
May 17, 2012 |
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John Shimkus, R-IL
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"So part of why I’m coming down to the floor is just to help paint the picture that there is nuclear waste all over this country—104 different reactors, not including our defense waste—and it’s stored all over the place. Wouldn’t it be better to have a centralized location to put the nuclear waste in? So I’ve been doing a tally of U.S. Senators, and we finally got over the 50 Senator mark. Because of the Senate rules, you know you have to break the filibuster. That’s 60 votes."
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| Support Extension Of The College Cost Reduction Act |
May 16, 2012 |
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Joe Courtney, D-CT
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"Last week the Senate made an attempt to try and take up legislation to protect that lower rate. Sadly, the Republican minority used the filibuster rule to block not even just the bill, but even a debate on the bill. I repeat: they didn’t even use the filibuster rule as a block of all Republicans to vote against the measure. They actually used the filibuster to even allow consideration of debate."
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| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 15, 2012 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"But what we have found over the last several years is that we have lapsed into a new Senate—and not a very good one, from my point of view. It is a Senate that is overrun with filibusters. Filibusters used to be so rare, one or two a year in the early days and then maybe a few more in the last 50 years, but now virtually every single week. The filibuster is basically shutting down the Senate, saying that we will not go forward to vote on a measure. It has been abused, overused and, frankly, has denigrated the reputation of this important institution."
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| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 14, 2012 |
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Harry Reid, D-NV
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"Tonight the Senate will vote on whether to end the filibuster of reauthorization of this most important legislation. The bank helps American companies grow and sell their products overseas. Last year this bank financed 3,600 private companies and added almost 300,000 jobs in more than 2,000 American communities."
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