I always understood that the majority leader had committed to turn to the committee bill if we were able to meet his deadline. That is what I heard the Judiciary Chairman reiterate as we concluded our markup and heard him say. again. as the Senate debate began. The Democratic leader noted that we had agreed to proceed based on the assurances he had received that "the foundation of the Senates upcoming debate on immigration policy will be the bipartisan committee bill." The majority leader had often spoken of allowing 2 full weeks for Senate debate of this important matter. Regrettably. what the majority leader said and what happened are not the same. The Senate did not complete work on the lobbying reform bill on schedule and cut into time for this debate.
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