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On the recordAugust 1, 2012
I have a question, and I want to make sure everyone listening to this debate gets what is about to happen. Is it not true that the Senate passed the bipartisan Leahy-Crapo Violence Against Women Act with well more than 60 votes?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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