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On the recordJuly 19, 2023
we made some good progress this afternoon. We are going to have our fourth vote now. It will be the last vote today. The Cruz-Manchin amendment, No. 926, will be the first vote tomorrow morning. We are going to continue to work on setting up additional rollcall votes on amendments for tomorrow. Members should be aware that we will probably have a nice chunk of votes tomorrow if we can work everything out. We want to move as quickly as we can. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jul 19, 2023

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