Mr. President. there has been discussion in the past. and it was certainly the majority leaders duty to move legislation. when It was felt several times that there would be a filibuster unless the majority leader felt It necessary to file a motion for cloture on the first day that the bill came up. This is not a criticism. That happened several times. We did our business. When that came up. we had a double track. We handled the immigration bill and we handled the oversight legislation on intelligence. We did our business. There was nothing inappropriate about that. But finally there were those who said we are unable to put in nongermane amendments. [134 Cong Rec S 1678. *S1679.
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