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Dick Durbin: “Reserving the right to object, if the vote is at 5:30, could we allocate time so that each of us could have some time…”

On the recordApril 22, 2013
Reserving the right to object, if the vote is at 5:30, could we allocate time so that each of us could have some time before 5:30? If the Senator would be willing to do that at this point, I would not object.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 22, 2013

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