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Richard Shelby: “The time for ideological posturing is past. We all agree that sequestration would be tremendously destructive.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
The time for ideological posturing is past. We all agree that sequestration would be tremendously destructive.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation to avoid sequestration's harmful effects.

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