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Harry Reid: “As we all knew yesterday, the problem with not having amendments was that CBO had not completed scoring on the Medicare…”

On the recordJune 18, 2003
As we all knew yesterday, the problem with not having amendments was that CBO had not completed scoring on the Medicare bill. It is my understanding there is scoring on the bill and Senators Grassley and Baucus will offer either some technical changes or maybe a substitute to comply with mistakes made by staff during the very busy weekend they had.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the status of the Medicare bill and the need for amendments during Senate floor debate.

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