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Mike Levin

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Mike Levin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and reproductive rights during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that promote access to in vitro fertilization and has emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.

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Nov 17, 2011

I am in opposition to the amendment. I want to be fair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Arizona agree with the revised unanimous consent request? Mr. McCAIN. I agree. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.

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Nov 17, 2011

I don't want you to agree if you think it is not fair. Mr. McCAIN. You know it is not fair. If you have a speaker, bring them up.

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Nov 17, 2011

I wonder if we can amend the unanimous consent agreement. There is nobody that I know of on this side at the moment who wants to speak in support of the amendment, so I am wondering if it would be agreeable to the ranking member to have…

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Nov 17, 2011

Reserving the right to object, and I don't object because that is the way we should proceed, going back and forth, and usually we do that informally. I don't know whether there may be implications because I don't know who will be speaking…

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Nov 17, 2011

I do appreciate the Senator's response. I have one other question, and that has to do with an American citizen who is captured in the United States and the application of the custody pending a Presidential waiver to such a person. I wonder…

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Nov 17, 2011

And after Senator Paul calls up an amendment and after Senator Merkley calls up an amendment and then lay them aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modified request?

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Nov 17, 2011

Is it not true, however, that the language which is in this bill that I just read clearly provides there will not be any interference with an interrogation session, that those procedures are to be determined by the President, and that it…

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Nov 17, 2011

We explicitly wrote into this bill the following language: that the procedures providing for the determination that somebody is an Al-Qaida terrorist or related, affiliated one is not required to be implemented until after the conclusion…

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Nov 17, 2011

Mr. President, first, I ask unanimous consent to add Senators Akaka, Chambliss, Blumenthal, Inhofe, Gillibrand, Ben Nelson, Stabenow, and Mark Udall as cosponsors of amendment No. 1092, which is the pending Levin-McCain amendment on…

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Nov 17, 2011

That is correct, providing flexibility which we should provide in order for the executive branch to have what they want, which is the flexibility. There, I think, many of our colleagues believe there is too much flexibility. But whether…

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Nov 17, 2011

Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote. Mr. McCAIN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Connecticut.

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Nov 17, 2011

Mr. President, I call for regular order with respect to the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is now pending.

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