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John Kerry: “I would simply ask the minority leader if he might draw any parallel or distinction between the way this bill is now…”

On the recordJuly 7, 1998
I would simply ask the minority leader if he might draw any parallel or distinction between the way this bill is now being handled and other bills are handled, versus the tobacco legislation and the question of cloture on that?
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Questioning the handling of a bill in comparison to tobacco legislation during Senate debate.

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