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Elizabeth Furse: “The vote was scheduled for today and tomorrow; and Thursday evening, at the very last moment, I received the word that…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1995
The vote was scheduled for today and tomorrow; and Thursday evening, at the very last moment, I received the word that we were not going to vote on term limits.
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon

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Discussing the scheduling of a vote on term limits.

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