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Dick Durbin: “Procedurally, what the Senator had to do was file a motion so the Senate could actually start debate on this issue.…”

On the recordJune 9, 2014
Procedurally, what the Senator had to do was file a motion so the Senate could actually start debate on this issue. There was a time in the Senate when you didn't have to have 60 votes to even start debating an issue. But is it my understanding, now that we are building up to a vote on Wednesday to see if five Republicans will cross the aisle and join us so we can have a debate the floor of the Senate on whether we can refinance college student loans, we have to wait 2 days?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 9, 2014

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