Ordinarily, debate and voting on an amendment might take two legislative days, but under the rules of the reconciliation bill the senators were to dispatch the amendments one after another, as in a hot-dog-eating contest, with a minute of debate for each side.

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Then, with both hands, he broke the hot-dog in half and, with one section in each hand, used the sausage as a plunger to force down the bun as he chewed.

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We saw Liz buying all the hot dogs from a hot dog vendor because she was upset that someone tried to cut the line and start a new one.

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One of the things that's different is that back in the old days if you wanted a beer or hot dog you had to hail a vendor, or a member of your party had to go to the refreshment stand and retrieve the food and drink.

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