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Dick Durbin: “I ask the majority leader to clarify something in his remarks. He referred to amendments as ``Christmas tree…”

On the recordMay 10, 2006
I ask the majority leader to clarify something in his remarks. He referred to amendments as ``Christmas tree amendments.'' There is one amendment on this side of the aisle that he supports on stem cell research. If this is Health Care Week, it would seem that this is a related issue. Does the majority leader characterize that amendment as a ``Christmas tree amendment''?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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