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Patrick Leahy: “Is it not a fact that the first amendment that was brought up was a bipartisan one of Senator Hatch's and mine? Shortly…”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
Is it not a fact that the first amendment that was brought up was a bipartisan one of Senator Hatch's and mine? Shortly thereafter, the Senator from Iowa came with an amendment. Following the normal courtesy done, I allowed mine to be set aside so he could bring up his, but isn't it a fact that when we asked if we could set that aside for some noncontroversial amendments on either side, he told me he could not?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Jun 24, 2013

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