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Jeff Merkley: “I ask my colleague from Alabama, if he has a moment or two more, after I read an official consent request, if he might…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
I ask my colleague from Alabama, if he has a moment or two more, after I read an official consent request, if he might stay for a moment and answer a question about how that budget conference committee works?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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govinfo.gov
Oct 9, 2013

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