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Dick Durbin: Will the Senator please tell me what procedure would have been better for Vikki Stella?

On the recordMarch 11, 2003
Will the Senator please tell me what procedure would have been better for Vikki Stella?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague about procedural choices regarding Vikki Stella.

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