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Chuck Schumer: “We ought to restore it to its traditional role as the deliberative body where we have amendments and we have debate.”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
We ought to restore it to its traditional role as the deliberative body where we have amendments and we have debate.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer advocates for restoring the Senate's traditional role of debate and amendments.

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