Barbara Boxer said "I would love to get this done in 5 minutes. So let me be clear about where I stand. But has my friend received confirmation from Speaker Boehner that he would take up the bill tomorrow? My understanding is that they moved up their--this is what I heard. I can't swear to it, I don't know exactly, but what I heard is they are actually moving up their adjournment from Thursday to Wednesday so they can escape from having to take up our bill. Does my friend believe that if we could get this bill done, they would stay 24 hours and deal with our bill?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I would love to get this done in 5 minutes. So let me be clear about where I stand. But has my friend received confirmation from Speaker Boehner that he would take up the bill tomorrow? My understanding is that they moved up their--this is what I heard. I can't swear to it, I don't know exactly, but what I heard is they are actually moving up their adjournment from Thursday to Wednesday so they can escape from having to take up our bill. Does my friend believe that if we could get this bill done, they would stay 24 hours and deal with our bill?

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Barbara Boxer

Democratic · California

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