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Karen Thurman: “I wish to ask the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), we have been hearing about who is against this amendment, but…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2001
I wish to ask the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), we have been hearing about who is against this amendment, but could the gentleman give me an indication of who is for this? And, also, for the record, this was 363 to 12 the last time we took a vote on this.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida

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Inquiring about support for an amendment during a floor discussion.

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