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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2026
Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative texts and figuring out what schedule for voting succeeds.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing negotiations on environmental permitting legislation.

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