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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
You do not--I mean, when we vote, we go down, and we say yes or no. There is an issue. Sometimes you vote and people don't know about it for weeks later.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders criticizes the obscurity of voting processes in the NRC compared to the Senate.

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