Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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F. Sea - Level Canal - Pro - Con Colloquy ( 1 ) Senators Gravel , Laxalt , Church , Curtis , Sarbanes , Javits , Goldwater , Magnuson , Leahy , and McClure , March 1 , 1978 ( S. 2605–18 ) Mr. LAXALT . Does not the Senator think it is ...
F. Sea - Level Canal - Pro - Con Colloquy ( 1 ) Senators Gravel , Laxalt , Church , Curtis , Sarbanes , Javits , Goldwater , Magnuson , Leahy , and McClure , March 1 , 1978 ( S. 2605–18 ) Mr. LAXALT . Does not the Senator think it is ...
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Another toll increase of 19 percent took place in 1976 . We can argue over elasticity , and there is probably another 30 percent in there . We can argue whether it would decline . Mr. LAXALT . Will the Senator yield ? Mr. GRAVEL . Yes .
Another toll increase of 19 percent took place in 1976 . We can argue over elasticity , and there is probably another 30 percent in there . We can argue whether it would decline . Mr. LAXALT . Will the Senator yield ? Mr. GRAVEL . Yes .
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Mr. GRAVEL . May I interrupt ? Mr. LAXALT . Surely . Mr. GRAVEL . The rhetoric of what the Senator is reading as part of the study is a little strong . “ Denigrating arguments ” , “ hanging on to . " a It sounds more like a political ...
Mr. GRAVEL . May I interrupt ? Mr. LAXALT . Surely . Mr. GRAVEL . The rhetoric of what the Senator is reading as part of the study is a little strong . “ Denigrating arguments ” , “ hanging on to . " a It sounds more like a political ...
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REPRESENTATIVE STATEMENTS ON THE MAJOR THEMES | 17 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
SUMMARY TEXT AND VOTE FOR ALL PROPOSED AMEND | 343 |
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