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Thomas Daschle: “What we are simply saying is what we had agreed to with a 51-49 breakdown in the 107th Congress is what we ought to…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2003
What we are simply saying is what we had agreed to with a 51-49 breakdown in the 107th Congress is what we ought to agree to with a 51-49 breakdown in the 108th Congress.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the agreement on congressional procedures between the 107th and 108th Congresses.

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