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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I guarantee you, if it had been called up for a vote, it would have passed.”

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
I guarantee you, if it had been called up for a vote, it would have passed.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton asserts that immigration reform would have succeeded if voted on.

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