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Harry Reid: “I say to my friend, everything we have done for the past 7 months has been in spite of the roadblocks, the obstruction…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2007
I say to my friend, everything we have done for the past 7 months has been in spite of the roadblocks, the obstruction tactics the Republicans have put up. We have done it in spite of that. We have to this point 43 different cloture motions--43. We have never done that before, 43. I say to my friend, on a Defense authorization bill--the bill that takes care of our troops around the world, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the work we are doing with NATO forces, to get pay increases, get them the right equipment, the right medical care--this is being held up. I would also, in a way of response, ask my friend, what has happened in the past dealing with Defense authorization bills? Has there ever been anything like this that you can imagine?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing obstruction tactics related to Defense authorization bills during Senate floor debate.

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