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On the recordMay 22, 2013
Yes. The Senate majority leader is on the floor, and he has said if there is to be a motion to instruct conferees on the debt ceiling, for example, then we can have a vote on the floor of the Senate. That is the regular order.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 22, 2013

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