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Mark Hatfield: That is not an option today. This body already passed the budget resolution. You may not have voted, I say to the…

On the recordJune 30, 1995
That is not an option today. This body already passed the budget resolution. You may not have voted, I say to the Senator, for the budget resolution, but the body did. I have to function under the body, not under how I voted, but under the body's decision. So what is the option----
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon

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Discussing the implications of a passed budget resolution.

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