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On the recordDecember 8, 2009
If they had scored the Lewis and Clark expedition or the Louisiana Purchase, we would still be 13 colonies running around.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Dodd reflects on the implications of budget scoring on major historical events.

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