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On the recordJuly 13, 1995
Does that mean that you have frozen the other body, you have compelled the other body to adhere to whatever you put into this rule?
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Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the implications of a rule on the other legislative body.

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