On the recordApril 4, 2016
the Durbin rule, maybe it was added in the middle of the night, as you claim, but it was a Senate vote, and it was a heavily lobbied Senate vote on both sides.
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Senator Brown defends the Durbin rule as a legitimate Senate decision despite claims of its controversial timing.
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