title i the senate floor looked a lot like this almost three hours today. cade hunter of congressional quarterly what was going on this afternoon in the senate? this afternoon senator tom coburn, a republican from oklahoma, objected to what to what is generally waved which is the reading of an amendment, so senator coburn s recommendation forced the clerk to read an amendment offered by vermont s bernie sanders in its entirety which was problematic in a way because for the democrats because the amendment was almost 800 pages long so there were several hours of the senate clerk reading through the amendment which was gobbling up precious for time. how common is it for senators to ask an amendment or bill be asked to read in its entirety? it happens from time to time but it s on common. the senate rule requiring a bill to be fred is almost routinely waived. can we expect to see more of this kind of tactic? we can. republicans are threatening to potentially ask