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Dick Durbin: “I yielded for a question, and I will respond. Then you may ask another, if you wish. It is the regular order of things…”

On the recordMay 22, 2013
I yielded for a question, and I will respond. Then you may ask another, if you wish. It is the regular order of things to ask for unanimous consent, and it is the usual and customary way the Senate works so that we don't have to repeat all over again the debate on the budget resolution to take up the House version. So it is not unusual. It is the regular order.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 22, 2013

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