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Barbara Boxer: I have two more points, and then I will yield to my friend so she can make the unanimous consent request. Isn't it also…

On the recordAugust 1, 2012
I have two more points, and then I will yield to my friend so she can make the unanimous consent request. Isn't it also true that the excuse Speaker Boehner is giving as to why he will not take up and pass the bipartisan Leahy-Crapo bill, isn't it true that the excuse is that there is a technical problem, which he calls a blue slip, in the Senate bill? And isn't it true that my friend today is going to ask unanimous consent to correct that problem so that we can send this inclusive bill over to Speaker Boehner?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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Aug 1, 2012

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