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Pete Stark: second parliamentary inquiry. Is it possible for the gentlewoman from Connecticut, the author of the amendment, to…

On the recordMay 10, 2006
second parliamentary inquiry. Is it possible for the gentlewoman from Connecticut, the author of the amendment, to withdraw the motion, accept a friendly amendment to urge the administration to move the May 15 enrollment deadline to the end of the year, thereby enabling another 1 million people to enroll and saving 7 million people from extra penalties, and then reoffer the motion to suspend the rules and pass this resolution? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion would be permitted to specify whatever text might be proposed for adoption by the House.
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