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Chris Dodd: “If they had scored the Lewis and Clark expedition or the Louisiana Purchase, we would still be 13 colonies running…”

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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