Barbara Boxer said "I want an answer, please, to my question: Can people object to a unanimous consent request without saying who they are, No. 1? And No. 2, what is the parliamentary procedure here? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana objected to the unanimous consent request on behalf of the Senator from Oklahoma, Senator Coburn. The Senator from Louisiana objected to the extension of the unanimous consent request for additional time on his own behalf." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I want an answer, please, to my question: Can people object to a unanimous consent request without saying who they are, No. 1? And No. 2, what is the parliamentary procedure here? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana objected to the unanimous consent request on behalf of the Senator from Oklahoma, Senator Coburn. The Senator from Louisiana objected to the extension of the unanimous consent request for additional time on his own behalf.

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