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Cord Byrd: If it did, why doesn't the Senator, who admires that role model, wish to have a markup in the committee and report out a…

On the recordApril 4, 2001
If it did, why doesn't the Senator, who admires that role model, wish to have a markup in the committee and report out a concurrent resolution on this budget?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning a colleague's commitment to budget resolution during Senate debate.

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