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Mike Levin: Is the likelihood that we will be able to finish all the appropriations bills reduced when we spend 30 hours on some…

On the recordNovember 10, 2003
Is the likelihood that we will be able to finish all the appropriations bills reduced when we spend 30 hours on some other subject which, again, does not lead to a vote on those judges, but nonetheless is it less likely that we will be able to finish all the appropriations bills as a result of allocating that time to that debate and, as a result, if we do not finish the appropriations bills individually, does this mean it is more likely that we are going to end up with some kind of an omnibus appropriations bill which bollixes together three or four appropriations bills which should be and usually are treated separately, amended separately, debated separately in the light of day?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of time allocation on appropriations bills during a floor debate.

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