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Harold Volkmer: “What I am trying to tell my majority whip is they are limiting the amendments by structuring it so we cannot offer…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1995
What I am trying to tell my majority whip is they are limiting the amendments by structuring it so we cannot offer amendments unless we make deeper cuts in the programs that we believe in.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing limitations on amendments during a legislative debate.

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