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Mike Levin: “I hope so. And I hope people will want to speak, will come and speak on the amendment, because hopefully we can get to…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2007
I hope so. And I hope people will want to speak, will come and speak on the amendment, because hopefully we can get to enough votes tomorrow so that we can actually have a vote on Levin-Reed, that we can get to 60 votes, to achieve cloture. We would then be able to have a vote on the pending amendment. Other than that, we would be thwarted. There would be a procedural roadblock in reaching a vote on Levin-Reed. So that is the goal, if everyone is given a chance to speak on Levin-Reed, whatever side they are on, so that we can then, hopefully, end the debate on Levin-Reed and actually get to a vote on it.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the need for votes to proceed with the Levin-Reed amendment during Senate debate.

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