I dont know what they are afraid of. They have 55 votes. This is not the way the senate used to operate. My members that the price of being the majority is that you have to get the minority roots votes to get the bill across the floor. We would look longer days work longer days and weeks using the clock is consensus. If a leader brings up the bill on monday and really wants to finish it, the fatigue factor is the best tool you have. Rather than try to shut everyone out and make everyone mad, you just run the clock and you say we are going to finish this thursday night, friday morning, friday night, or saturday morning. Is the hourpens gets later and later on thursday an amendment start disappearing. [laughter] the thought of what they have scheduled friday noon or friday night produces an incredible consensus. [laughter] to try to finish. Testing, you have to mean it. It does not shut anybody out. Amendments geoeye because go away because people get tired and nobody is bitter about it
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Fleet. Ensigns, take your seats. Good morning. Today wed gentlemen, will graduate 1068 men and women that have met the many challenges of four years at the Naval Academy. The class of 2014 also includes 12 graduates from nine nations around the world. We invite these international graduating midshipmen to stand when their name is called along with members of the National Delegation who are in attendance today. Graduates is National Flags are flying above the memorial arches will return to their countries and serve with distinction in their armed forces or enter other government service. [reading names] [reading names] congratulations. Take your seats. Todays graduates join the more than 80,000 men and women that have graduated from the Naval Academy since its founding in 1845. As part of our Graduation Ceremony today, members of the class that preceded this years graduates by 50 years will honor this continuing chain of Naval Academy graduates by presenting uniform devices to the class