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Harry Reid: “I say to my friend from New York, under the rules we have in the Senate, if I move tonight, we cannot have the final…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2011
I say to my friend from New York, under the rules we have in the Senate, if I move tonight, we cannot have the final vote until Tuesday morning. The country defaults at 12 o'clock on Tuesday on its debt.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jul 29, 2011

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