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Bob Kerrey: “Are you basically saying you want to move to table my amendment and then walk out? Is that it? You will leave and we…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1998
Are you basically saying you want to move to table my amendment and then walk out? Is that it? You will leave and we will say we are in morning business; is that the offer?
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Questioning a colleague's intentions regarding an amendment during Senate debate.

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