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I have no authority
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over the United States Senate
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and no Senator has signed.
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Mr. President,
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it is in writing and signed by myself
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and several of my constituents from Florida.
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A Senator is needed, but missing.
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Is the objection,
:05:15
uh, in writing and signed
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by a member of the House and a senator?
:05:20
The objection is in writing,
:05:22
and I don't care that it is not,
:05:24
it is not signed by a Member of the Senate.
:05:28
The Chair will advise that the rules do care,
:05:31
uh, and...
:05:37
Not a single senator came to the aid
:05:39
of the African-Americans in Congress.
:05:42
One after another they were told
:05:44
to sit down and shut up.
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It's a sad day in America,
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Mr. President,
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when we can't find a Senator
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to sign these objections...
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Gentleman will suspend,
:05:57
the gentleman will suspend.
:06:02
Inauguration coverage 2001 on a nasty
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but it could be worse kind of day in Washington.
:06:13
On the day George W. Bush was inaugurated,
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tens of thousands of Americans
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poured into the streets of DC
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in one last attempt to claim
:06:21
what had been taken from them.
:06:27
They pelted Bush's limo with eggs
:06:32
and brought the inauguration parade to a halt.
:06:36
The plan to have Bush get out of the limo
:06:38
for the traditional walk
:06:39
to the White House was scrapped;
:06:40
Bush's limo hit the gas
:06:44
to prevent an even larger riot.
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No President had ever witnessed such a thing
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on his inauguration day.
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And for the next eight months