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On the recordApril 25, 2023
After promising repeatedly that he wouldn't change the Default on America Act, Speaker McCarthy did make concessions and ended up altering the underlying bill.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Levin reports on changes made to a significant legislative bill by Speaker McCarthy.

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