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I have a deep respect for what has been called the “world’s most deliberative body.”  Before coming to the U.S. Senate, I served 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, where majority rule was largely the norm.  I enjoyed my service in the House and made an effort to work across party lines and to respect the majority-minority dynamic of the institution.  Yet I always envisioned the Senate as a potentially more collaborative chamber.

But if we don’t deliberate, what does that make us?

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