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Ben Cardin: “But if we were to put it a U.N. reform bill on the floor of the United States Senate, the type of amendments that would…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
But if we were to put it a U.N. reform bill on the floor of the United States Senate, the type of amendments that would be offered and the types of potential restrictions on U.S. participation in the United Nations, getting a majority vote, perhaps even a 60-vote threshold, is real.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Senator Cardin discusses the challenges of passing a U.N. reform bill in the Senate.

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