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Bill Delahunt: “Again, just to pick up on the theme from my friend and colleague from Massachusetts about the reluctance to instruct the…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
Again, just to pick up on the theme from my friend and colleague from Massachusetts about the reluctance to instruct the Senate when it comes to the issue of censure, and I presume that the position of the House managers would be reluctance to instruct the Senate as to how to conduct the trial and whether there would be a necessity for live witnesses.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the House's position on instructing the Senate regarding censure and trial procedures.

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