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Richard Shelby: I don't believe it is possible in the American system of Government, nor do I think it should be possible in the…

On the recordJuly 22, 2009
I don't believe it is possible in the American system of Government, nor do I think it should be possible in the American system of Government for people to say the Congress doesn't have a right even to make the mistakes that it makes.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby argues that Congress must have the right to make mistakes.

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