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Joe Biden: That is good enough for me. I am happy to withdraw the amendment. I have never known the Senator from Hawaii or the…

On the recordOctober 3, 2007
That is good enough for me. I am happy to withdraw the amendment. I have never known the Senator from Hawaii or the Senator from Alaska, when they gave their word, to do anything--do anything but that. The supplemental we are going to revisit in January, that has the additional money to get us to 23,000. What my friend is saying here is that $11.48 billion would be in any continuing resolution if we did not get to that?
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing an amendment and funding during a Senate debate.

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