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Patrick Leahy: “There has been some discussion about whether this might be a closed thing, and the eight Senators came together on this…”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
There has been some discussion about whether this might be a closed thing, and the eight Senators came together on this and did a tremendous job. There were four Democrats and four Republicans putting it together. They were saying it was closed. Isn't it true that when the bill came to the Judiciary Committee, isn't it true there were 301 amendments filed in the committee?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Jun 12, 2013

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