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On the recordJuly 30, 2011
Is it not true--if I may ask my friend--whether the threat is carried out, we will know tonight at 1 a.m.? Because at 1 a.m. tomorrow morning, we will vote not on the Reid measure but on a motion which 18 Senators signed which reads as follows: That we, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with rule XXII, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the Reid motion. Is that not true?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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