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Steve Womack: “When Congress enacts a law, you need a new law to change the old law, and that new law needs to go through the same…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
When Congress enacts a law, you need a new law to change the old law, and that new law needs to go through the same process as the old law.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack explains the legislative process for changing laws and rules.

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