I know where he got the language. He got the language from my colleagues here who were part of the "grand bargain"-a group of 14. I think it was. who went into a room. reached a grand bargain putting together this Byzantine immigration bill. brought It to the floor. and behaved as if they were the only people out of 100 Senators who had any ideas. There are 14 of us who have this idea. they believed. and anybody who offers amendments would not have an idea that would be worthy of improving it. therefore. we must resist and oppose all amendments. That is the way this immigration bill went on the floor of the Senate. But it was not a poison pill or a killer amendment or anything of the sort. It was a kind of commonsense approach to try to say: Why dont we do this the right way?
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