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Ron Wyden: “I think there is the framework for a genuine compromise. If we stick with that kind of outline, I think we can still get…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2002
I think there is the framework for a genuine compromise. If we stick with that kind of outline, I think we can still get there and we ought to try with this bill which, as a result of efforts of the Senator from Missouri and the Senator from Connecticut, has a lot of good in it. It has a lot of useful provisions. I am for it, but we have to get over this particular problem.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the potential for compromise on election law during Senate floor debate.

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