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Harry Reid: “Now, I say to my friend from North Dakota, in the form of a question I ask you to respond to, we did not like what…”

On the recordMay 7, 2003
Now, I say to my friend from North Dakota, in the form of a question I ask you to respond to, we did not like what happened, but the Senate went on just fine; the country survived; did it not?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the resilience of the Senate and the country in response to a past event.

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