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Roy Blunt: “We get to say yes or no because everybody in this building knows that this bill will never become law. We've waited till…”

On the recordMay 15, 2008
We get to say yes or no because everybody in this building knows that this bill will never become law. We've waited till the week before Memorial Day to bring a bill to the floor that will not become law. The majority leader announced earlier today that maybe it will be the middle of June before we get to a bill that would actually get to the President's desk and become law, when furlough notices have gone out. This is a shameful way for us to meet the needs of our troops, and I hope we'll get down to business next week and see if we can't actually pass a bill that will meet the needs of our troops.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri
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Addressing the delay in passing a bill to support troops before Memorial Day.

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