If the President sends a package of proposals back and asks: Do you really want to spend this money, and if a majority of the Senate decides that it did, and a majority of the House decides that it didn't, what happens then?
Douglas Alexander: “If the President sends a package of proposals back and asks: Do you really want to spend this money, and if a majority…”
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Discussing the implications of budget proposals during a Senate debate.
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