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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…”

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.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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congress.gov
Jan 29, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Leahy recalls late-night sessions during the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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