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Byron Dorgan: I have a motion at the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The…

On the recordJuly 30, 1999
I have a motion at the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] moves to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report back within 3 days, with an amendment to reserve sufficient amounts of funding to allow our nation to reach our goal of serving one million children through the Head Start program and to ensure that the number of nutritionally at-risk women and children being served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children will not be reduced in fiscal years 2000 through 2009, by limiting the bill's new tax breaks for those with annual incomes in excess of $300,000 and for large businesses. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator is recognized.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Proposing an amendment related to funding for children's programs and tax breaks during Senate floor debate.

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