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    "id": 965422,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this discussion has gone into many issues. I asked for a very simple direction from the Speaker. Standing 156 talks of what happens when we finish with a Bill. Standing Order 157 talks of what happens when a Bill comes from the National Assembly. We do not have a Standing Order that talks of what we should do when a Bill does not move, or when it is delayed for a long time in the other House. Standing Order 1 says that all cases where matters are not expressly provided for by these Standing Orders or by any other Orders of the Senate or any procedural question shall be decided by the Speaker. Therefore, I want you to decide on that procedural matter of our Bills not moving, because that has not been provided for in these Standing Orders. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to have the position of the Senate; and you can then give directions to the Senate Majority Leader. That position is what I am requesting for, from the Speaker. I did not ask the Senate Majority Leader or the Senate Minority Leader to give me the position."
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