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David Schweikert: “So the one thing that was holding us back on discretionary spending is gone, but under the law, it actually comes back…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
So the one thing that was holding us back on discretionary spending is gone, but under the law, it actually comes back in 2018. So that little tiny differential you see on that chart between the red and the green is sequestration.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Feb 10, 2016

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