Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040192071

Yet. a little over a year ago in this well. the gentleman from New York . the chairman of the Committee on Rules. said that we were going to have openness in this Congress. we were going to have over 75 percent of the open rules. Where is the open rule? So far this year. major legislation. the farm bill. antiterrorism. today we will finish immigration. all of those. major legislation. every one of them. closed rule. semiclosed rule. No open rule. Not letting Members who are elected by their constituents to this house. to this democratic body. any democracy at all. not letting them talk about their amendments and offer their amendments.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
HAROLD VOLKMER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
1996-03-21
Speech ID
1040192071
Paragraph
#0
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