[SENATE SPEAKER]: On the matter of the contradictory motions, I can merely remind the good senators of what I said nine years ago:

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SENATE SPEAKER: The scribes also note that the voting procedures mean that it is logically possible for the Senate to approve two mutually exclusive motions. The paradox of voting, I believe the Greeks call it. Be wary of this, good Senators, for if the First Consul is given two incompatible directives, he will be more than justified in ignoring both!