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Chuck Schumer: I move to waive the relevant portions of the Budget Act and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a…

On the recordNovember 17, 2005
I move to waive the relevant portions of the Budget Act and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant Journal clerk called the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senator was necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott).
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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