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Harry Reid: “A provocative act? If my friend is so interested in regular order, why have we waited 3 months to go to conference on…”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
A provocative act? If my friend is so interested in regular order, why have we waited 3 months to go to conference on the budget? On the budget. That is regular order. Now, suddenly, when it works to their advantage, I guess, they want to do away with the McConnell rule. What is the McConnell rule? Sixty votes on everything.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jun 12, 2013

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