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Chuck Schumer: “So, if my good friend from Utah would have the same patience, and sort of maybe we can come to an agreement 2 or 3 years…”

On the recordApril 29, 2003
So, if my good friend from Utah would have the same patience, and sort of maybe we can come to an agreement 2 or 3 years from now--maybe after 2004--then we would be being fair; we would be judging one side and the other with the same standard. Unfortunately, there has been a double standard here, when my good colleagues from Alabama and the now-Attorney General but then-Senator from Missouri and others launched filibusters----
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the approval process and perceived double standards in the Senate.

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