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Patricia Schroeder: “The bill is not here because right now negotiations are going on with the administration, in good faith, to determine…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1996
The bill is not here because right now negotiations are going on with the administration, in good faith, to determine what the administration can live with and what they cannot live with. Once we determine some kind of an agreement, we will get it over here because we do not want this Government to shut down.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the status of negotiations regarding a bill during a House floor debate.

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