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Arlen Specter: “So that there will be no doubt and all Senators will be on notice, we will start the vote at 4:15, and the first vote…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2005
So that there will be no doubt and all Senators will be on notice, we will start the vote at 4:15, and the first vote will be 15 minutes, with 5 minutes additional, limited to 20 minutes, and each vote thereafter will be 10 minutes with a 5-minute addition, limited to 15 minutes, and the request will be made that Senators remain in the Chamber to complete the votes on those five amendments. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Chafee). The Senator from Iowa.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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