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On the recordNovember 30, 2015
The finger-pointing and chest-thumping that goes on up here... is just totally inexcusable and unacceptable.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Critiques Congress for inaction on military authorization since February.

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