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Rand Paul: I personally think if you had leadership that at the beginning of the year had all 100 Senators sit down in the chamber…

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
I personally think if you had leadership that at the beginning of the year had all 100 Senators sit down in the chamber and said, 'Look, we are going to do all of the appropriation bills, and we are going to spend three weeks on each appropriation bill, and there will be as many amendments as you want.'
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul advocates for a collaborative approach to passing appropriation bills.

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