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Arlen Specter: “The ones agreed to are these, and we cannot proceed until the pending amendment is set aside: Mikulski-Warner, 3217…”

On the recordApril 5, 2006
The ones agreed to are these, and we cannot proceed until the pending amendment is set aside: Mikulski-Warner, 3217; Collins, 3211; Dorgan-Burns, 3223; and Isakson, 3203. But we cannot take them up, as noted, unless we have consent to set aside a pending amendment.
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Arlen Specter
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