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Richard Blumenthal: “It does end the blank check from the Government to the leagues and it takes away Congress' implicit endorsement of…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2014
It does end the blank check from the Government to the leagues and it takes away Congress' implicit endorsement of blackout policies.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal states the bill removes government support for blackout policies.

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