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Don Nickles: “since I have the floor I will make a comment. I am not undermining that because the consent decree touched two…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
since I have the floor I will make a comment. I am not undermining that because the consent decree touched two elections, for my colleagues' information. It touched the 1991 election and touched the 1996 election, and it did both elections differently. I hope my colleague will realize that, and if he reads the consent decree he will see that is the fact. It said in 1991 the Teamsters paid for the election with some Federal supervision. In 1996 it said we will have Federal supervision and taxpayers pay for it. It does not say anything about a rerun. I am just saying on the rerun we should not pay for the election. We can still have supervision but we should not pay for it. That simple.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma
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Discussing the implications of a consent decree on election funding.

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