There might even be a floor fight or two.
"At this point, we are bracing ourselves for a chaotic floor fight."
He made that pledge to forestall another floor fight over the agency.
Some senators vowed they would wage a floor fight on Sunday to save part of the program.
The vote by members of the delegation, however, was 33 to 27 against mounting a floor fight.
He said no one from the Bush camp had mentioned a desire to avoid a floor fight to him.
The plank was passed without roll call or debate, and no floor fight scheduled.
Another such vote, on the $30 billion space station, faces a floor fight in the House next week.
Nixon should indeed have been aggressive about civil rights, but not merely to avoid a floor fight.
The bathroom guy lost interest after the floor fight.