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Dick Lugar: “I respond, respectfully, to the Senator that at this point a finite list is not possible. But it may be possible…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2001
I respond, respectfully, to the Senator that at this point a finite list is not possible. But it may be possible sometime tomorrow. We are attempting to canvas. I have simply identified amendments that I think are significant, and the amendment the Senator identified would be, too. The two amendments that we have dealt with this afternoon have taken about 34 hours and 22 hours, respectively, so these were not insignificant debates, which Members on both sides of the aisle engaged in in a spirited way.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana
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Discussing the progress of amendments during Senate debate.

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