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Dick Lugar: “On that occasion, as I recall, the treaty received four negative votes in committee, but it went to the floor with a…”

On the recordMay 22, 2012
On that occasion, as I recall, the treaty received four negative votes in committee, but it went to the floor with a pretty good majority.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar recalls the committee's mixed response to the treaty during Biden's chairmanship.

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