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Don Nickles: If one wanted to get drought aid to farmers, would it make sense, since that has been agreed to in the underlying bill…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2002
If one wanted to get drought aid to farmers, would it make sense, since that has been agreed to in the underlying bill, to have a vote on the Craig amendment, and it could be an up-or-down vote or a motion to table, dispose of the Craig amendment one way or another, and pass the bill?
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing the process for passing drought aid for farmers.

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