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On the recordOctober 6, 2011
in the form of a question to the majority leader and also the Republican leader--we are all frustrated. The Senator from Tennessee and I talked about that frustration at the beginning of the session, and it hasn't worked terribly well to try to straighten this out. You are frustrated, and we can talk about the specifics here. The one point I make is that the majority leader, isn't it true, offered on the floor yesterday to allow amendments on this bill? And the only amendment that was sent to us was the amendment to have a vote on the President's budget, is that correct?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Oct 6, 2011

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