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This is pretty ridiculous.

Today, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL, not up for re-election) was scheduled and set to introduce his amendment to a bill, which would create more funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center program. Then, all of a sudden, Senator George ‘macaca‘ Allen (R-VA, up for re-election) hops up and introduces his spur of the moment amendment which is almost exactly the same as Durbin’s, and uses almost the exact same language. The man literally copied it and changed slight wording.

So, what are the odds that George Allen had the exact same idea as Durbin, the exact same dollar figure as Durbin, the exact same language as Durbin (save one word)? And why did Allen seek special permission to speak before Durbin unless Allen was seeking to take credit for an amendment to which Durbin had already prepared and written?

Below is a video of Senator Allen defending changing a single word to the Durbin Amendment and calling it his own work. Watch to find out the change in wording Allen used.

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