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Bill Clinton: Don't you think at least we ought to look at the bank balance for a week or two before we start spending it again?

On the recordJuly 17, 1998
Don't you think at least we ought to look at the bank balance for a week or two before we start spending it again?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Dinner in Little Rock

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