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...grants meeting has always been a poorly attended meeting," he said early in the session-when the council barely had a quorum. "According to utilitarian doctrine, you're probably doing well to skip this...
...more than the required three-fifths of the Senate, Abourezk and Metzenbaum had introduced no fewer than 508 amendments. Each amendment could thus be called up for a time-consuming vote. The Senate had run through only about 200 of them-and seven days, including one 37-hour session-when serious moves began among the Senate leadership to curtail the filibuster. The two filibuster leaders said they would end the talkathon if Carter asked them to do so. But Byrd advised the White House to stay out of the Senate's business. He would take care of the filibuster...
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