Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest January 2014 No. 01 Vol. 93
Honorable Lamar Alexander

Changing the Filibuster Rules

A Historic Vote on Senate Procedure

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Honorable Lamar Alexander

United States Senator, Tennessee, Republican

Senator Alexander was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. He served as Tennessee Governor from 1978 to 1986. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and also serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Rules and Administration Committee. The following is from the November 20, 2013, Senate floor debate on changing the rules for consideration of presidential nominees.   This weekend, Vanderbilt plays Tennessee in a football game in Knoxville. Let’s say Vanderbilt gets on the one-yard line of Tennessee, and Tennessee then says: Well, we are the home team. Let’s…

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