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Ronald Reagan: “The real issue is the Federal deficit—and the pork-barrel and spending boondoggles that increase it.”

On the recordJanuary 29, 1987
The real issue is the Federal deficit—and the pork-barrel and spending boondoggles that increase it.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval the Water Quality Act of 1987

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