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Harry Reid: “I hope people say: Let's agree to go to final passage at 5 o'clock and go to conference. The House is trying to adjourn…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2001
I hope people say: Let's agree to go to final passage at 5 o'clock and go to conference. The House is trying to adjourn Thursday. We can have the conference Thursday. We will spend all night doing it. We can do it. That is the way we used to legislate.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the legislative process and scheduling for a conference.

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