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Thomas Chittenden: “The minority party in the House and the Senate have refused…”

Featuring: Thomas Chittenden, Democratic | Vermont State Senate, Chittenden Southeast

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Vermont Senate Session on Budget Adjustments and Legislative Bills

Published | Video Starts at 21:04

That is our constitutional function. So passing the BA is the way to do that. The last thing is that, as senators know, The minority party in the House and the Senate have refused to suspend rules for this bill. And that was tied, I believe, to the clock of April 1st. That clock, in effect, is still running because lots of people have not hit their 80 days yet. (21:04–21:12)

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