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Carl Levin: “You want to know does the rule apply to your daughter. The answer is, the rule has applied to your daughter since 1989…”

On the recordMay 5, 1994
You want to know does the rule apply to your daughter. The answer is, the rule has applied to your daughter since 1989 from any source. So the language ``no Member, officer, employee of the Senate, or the spouse or dependent thereof'' has been in the rule since 1989.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the application of Senate rules regarding family members.

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