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Robert C. Byrd: “The other side can try to amend the bill, but the tactic of holding the bill hostage to force back-room negotiations…”

On the recordApril 5, 1993
The other side can try to amend the bill, but the tactic of holding the bill hostage to force back-room negotiations denies the American people an opportunity to see and to hear what is happening.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 5, 1993

Editor's note · Context

Urging Republicans to offer amendments rather than block a vote on the President's jobs package.

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