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Bill Clinton: “I call on the Republican leadership to allow an up-or-down vote on more teachers and smaller classes.”

On the recordMarch 8, 1999
I call on the Republican leadership to allow an up-or-down vote on more teachers and smaller classes.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Kennedy-Murray Amendment to Proposed Education Flexibility Partnership Legislation

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