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On the recordJune 20, 2012
I have been in contact with Senator McConnell. We are making good progress here. The goal is to get down to 10 votes. Once we get down to 10 votes, we will stop for the night. We should be able to do that in the next hour or hour and half, give or take a few minutes. I think the goal is reachable. We will come in tomorrow. We have some important votes tomorrow. Don't forget that we have flood insurance. I hope we can move up the vote on cloture on flood insurance tomorrow. If not, we are going to have to vote on it on Friday. We have done that in the past. We should be able to do that. The goal is 10 votes left by the time we leave here this evening. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the Vitter amendment?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jun 20, 2012

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