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Roy Blunt: I know last week we voted in an unusual way to put off the vote on the Colombia trade agreement, and I suppose that…

On the recordApril 17, 2008
I know last week we voted in an unusual way to put off the vote on the Colombia trade agreement, and I suppose that could mean to put it off indefinitely. Without a lame duck session, and that is one of the times when it was thought that we might get back to those trade bills. I'm not aware of any real discussion that has gone on this week on this Colombia agreement. I hope we are continuing to look for a way to get that important bill done.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Discussing the postponement of the vote on the Colombia trade agreement.

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