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On the recordSeptember 29, 1999
Is it true, you are on the floor leading this debate because of one simple request, and that is that the Senate go on record--yes or no--with a rollcall vote printed for the Record to see whether or not we are going to continue this program to move toward 100,000 new teachers in America and lower class sizes, and at this point in time--I hope it changes--there is resistance to that up-or-down vote from the Republican majority?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the need for a rollcall vote on a program for new teachers and lower class sizes.

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