Richard Blumenthal said "Isn't there the very real danger... that the exception of the waiver would swallow the rule?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 29, 2011

Isn't there the very real danger... that the exception of the waiver would swallow the rule?

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Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the practical implications of a waiver in the balanced budget amendment.

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