On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
We had to meet after the sessions for the Senate well into the evening until it was actually filibustered to 1 or 2 in the morning.
Patrick Leahy: “We had to meet after the sessions for the Senate well into the evening until it was actually filibustered to 1 or 2 in…”
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Leahy recalls late-night sessions during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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