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Jeff Bingaman: “Will the Senator concede that there is a difference between a Senator objecting to a unanimous consent request which had…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
Will the Senator concede that there is a difference between a Senator objecting to a unanimous consent request which had not been presented before on the Senate floor and the stage of a filibuster?
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Discussing procedural differences in the Senate regarding unanimous consent and filibusters.

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