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On the recordNovember 21, 2013
We cannot agree with a list of amendments, many of which are not agreed to on this side, many of which would be filibustered on this side, which would result in just making it impossible for us to get to a Defense authorization bill conclusion. I ask unanimous consent that a unanimous consent request--which I was going to make but I will withhold--that lists 26 amendments, half Democratic, half Republican, that I was going to ask consent be adopted because they have been cleared--which I understand will be objected to so I will not make the unanimous consent request--be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Levin Amendments on DoD Auth Request I ask unanimous consent that prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.…
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Mike Levin
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