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Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their votes . If not, the ayes are 57, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to. Mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the republican whip. Mr. Cornyn madam president , if we could have order in the senate, please. The presiding officer the senate will be in order. Mr. Cornyn thank you, madam president. I want to spend a few moments this morning talking about Realistic Solutions to the ongoing crisis along americas southern border. Obviously i come from a border state where we have 1,200 miles of common border with the nation of mexico, which of course has been the gateway now to this humanitarian wave of children, unaccompanied children coming from Central America into the United States. Ill talk more ab ....
Own words, to quote switch the majority on the court and to quote fill up the d. C. Circuit one way or another. And in the rush to eliminate any possible judicial obstacle to accountability by packing the d. C. Circuit, the Obama Administration and its allies run roughshod over the rules and traditions of this body by blowing up the filibuster. Whether through unilaterally changing the senate rules or abusing the recess appointment powers, the president and his allies have demonstrated a willingness to work untold and permanent damage to the institutions of this great body and to our constitutional system itself. Madam president , with such a powerful and aggressive president , no Single Institution can restore the constitutional checks on president obamas often lawless exercise of power. Restoring Const ....
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