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Wicker Defends the Rights of the Minority in the Senate

US Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Thursday spoke on the Senate Floor regarding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) decision to overturn precedent and eliminate an important tool of the minority in the Senate. Reid cut off the Motion to Suspend, and he did it by forcing his members to vote to overturn the Parliamentarian. If Reid's new precedent stands, members of the minority in the Senate will not be able to compel votes, a power both parties have utilized when in the minority .



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