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On the recordMarch 18, 2010
Votes will not begin before 2 o'clock. I don't know exactly. We come in at 1 o'clock. We may have votes at 1 o'clock in terms of procedural votes. But I want to make it clear we will have no vote on the health care bill until 72 hours after the posting that has just occurred.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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