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Harry Reid: “The example my friend, the majority leader, used is the budget bill where we had all these amendments. I say, first of…”

On the recordApril 11, 2000
The example my friend, the majority leader, used is the budget bill where we had all these amendments. I say, first of all, that is not substantive in nature. The President has no right to veto that bill. The amendments are basically set by statute. So that is not a good example. I think you would have to hunt hard to find another example.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the appropriateness of examples used in a budget bill debate.

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