It is important to keep in mind. on the immigration bill. the bill has actually at one point come to the floor of the House and was debated. I cannot recall for exactly how long. but it was 5 or 6 or 7 hours of intensive debate on the floor of the House before the gentleman from Florida was elected to the Congress. However. we were precluded from voting on it. So. in the case of the immigration bill. not only has it been considered in the Senate. not only has it been subjected to intensive hearings and debate in committee. but it actually has come to the floor to be debated by the full membership. which is unusual in this institution. It is the voting that they do not want to let us do on it. They will not permit us to pass this piece of legislation.
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