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On the recordJuly 12, 2016
I ask the Senator from Florida, through the Chair, is it also true that the bill sent to us by the House, after we passed a bipartisan bill with 89 votes, had no Democratic signatories--no House Members of the Democratic Party signing onto this conference report that was sent over to us--so it was a totally Republican conference report?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 12, 2016

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