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	Political Theater - NY Senate

iulawboy

6-10-2009 1:19 PM

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politics, parliamentary procedure, new york senate

iulawboy says:

Always interesting to watch drama play out over parliamentary procedure. As my old law school professor use to say "procedure is everything."

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