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Pete Domenici: Senator, I tried to explain the difference. You had the luxury of a majority here in the Senate. In fact, you had three…

On the recordApril 4, 2001
Senator, I tried to explain the difference. You had the luxury of a majority here in the Senate. In fact, you had three votes more than a majority. We went in the Budget Committee not even stephen. Everybody already made up their minds. You had a majority of Democrats willing to vote out a Presidential budget when Republicans didn't want it. So it is the same thing I had, except it turns out 11-11, an equal number. So there is a very big difference.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing the dynamics of majority and minority in the Senate Budget Committee.

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