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Joseph T. Burns: “How loaded was that? I think there are still disagreements among leadership. I could not do that personally. If it were…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2001
How loaded was that? I think there are still disagreements among leadership. I could not do that personally. If it were in my power--which it is not--I am a soldier around here and everybody in the world is smarter than I am--I am ready to go to the bill. I would offer my amendment and we would vote on it, and we would win or lose and we would go on down the trail.

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Discussing the legislative process and leadership disagreements.

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