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Pete Domenici: Over $150 million a year. We knew of the agreement and the binding nature of our agreement, and I felt bound by it in…

On the recordOctober 30, 2001
Over $150 million a year. We knew of the agreement and the binding nature of our agreement, and I felt bound by it in terms of how much money for 2002, and I think that is literally for 2002 but not 2003, 2004, or 2005. So we changed the effective date to 2003 in the amendment before it was sent to the desk.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing budgetary agreements and amendments during a Senate floor debate.

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