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Kent Conrad: “And Senator Nelson. Let me say that I hope our colleagues will think very carefully about how we break this gridlock.…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2007
And Senator Nelson. Let me say that I hope our colleagues will think very carefully about how we break this gridlock. This does not reflect well on the body. This does not reflect well on the Senate of the United States that we are not able to move forward on legislation that came out of the committee without a single dissenting vote and we have been stuck here for 10 days doing nothing. I hope we are going to prove we are better than this when we return.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Addressing the Senate's inability to advance legislation after 10 days of gridlock.

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