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On the recordMarch 16, 2020
Through the Chair, I ask a question of the Senator from Ohio. The Senator from Idaho, who is a friend, raised a parliamentary issue, and you have gotten to the heart of the matter with the question of how families are going to survive in the midst of the pandemic and what we are going to do about it. The Senator from Idaho raised a parliamentary issue, and we are guided by rules around here. To the knowledge of the Senator from Ohio, in the past, has the Senate entered into agreement on bills posted in the House before the papers actually arrived in the Senate?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 16, 2020

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