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On the recordJanuary 5, 2011
I rise today to introduce the resolution I just mentioned. I have worked very hard with all of my colleagues... The Senate is broken. In the Congress that just ended, because of rampant and growing obstruction, not a single appropriations bill was passed.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Senator Udall addresses the need for reform in Senate rules due to increasing partisan obstruction.

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